Telecom fraud refers to the criminal behavior that criminals fabricate false information and set up scams by telephone, internet, SMS, etc., and implement remote and non-contact fraud on the victims to induce the victims to remit or transfer money to the criminals. Criminals usually impersonate others and forge various legal coats and forms or forged forms to achieve the purpose of cheating, such as impersonating public security law, state organ staff, bank staff, impersonating merchants, forging and impersonating recruitment, billing, loans, mobile phone positioning and other forms of fraud.

Telecom fraud has been renovated quickly, and criminals can always come up with various excuses, and even a month or two will produce new scams. Common fraud routines include impersonating public security organs, impersonating relatives and acquaintances, telephone arrears, shopping refunds, subsidies for purchasing health products, lottery, credit card fraud and so on. Criminals will even constantly change fraudulent traffic scripts and online communication methods according to social hotspots and focus issues.