How much is WeChat fraud a crime?

Fraud of more than 2000 yuan constitutes fraud.

According to the provisions of Articles 151 and 152 of the Criminal Law, swindling a large amount of public or private property constitutes a crime of fraud. Individuals who defraud public or private property of more than 2,000 yuan belong to a "large amount". Individuals who defraud public or private property of more than 30,000 yuan belong to a "huge amount".

Article 266 of the Criminal Law stipulates that those who defraud public or private property in an amount of more than 3,000 yuan and less than 10,000 yuan are considered as "relatively large", those who defraud public or private property in an amount of more than 30,000 yuan and less than 100,000 yuan are considered as "extremely large".

If the amount of WeChat fraud is less than 2,000 yuan, the police will not file a case and will generally make a corresponding report record.

If the amount of fraud exceeds 2,000 yuan, the police will file a case to recover the losses of the parties.

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Means of WeChat fraud:

1, fraud in disguise

Liars usually post photos of tourist attractions, luxury goods and luxury cars. In the circle of friends, people who pretend to be white people through nearby people/shake channels, talk to you, first defraud your emotional trust, and then defraud money on the grounds of borrowing money, tight business funds, surgery, etc.

2. Procurement fraud

Liars usually use "low-priced purchasing" and "overseas purchasing" as bait. After the payment, the swindler asks you to pay "customs duty" on the grounds that the goods are detained by the customs. After you pay, the liar disappears, and the money and goods are gone.

3. QR code fraud

Liars use items below the market price as bait, but they need to buy them through the designated QR code and the client to trick consumers into scanning the QR code. In fact, there is a Trojan virus. Once the Trojan horse is installed, it will steal personal privacy information such as bank account number and password.

4. Hacker fraud

By stealing micro-signals and binding the QQ number and mobile phone number of WeChat, personal information of WeChat can be obtained. Liars pretend to be directors to contact family and friends and ask for money for various reasons.

5, like fraud, like fraud is divided into two types:

The first is what gifts or advantages you can get if you collect enough likes. In fact, when you collect enough likes to exchange gifts or get free cards, you will find that your rewards have shrunk.

The second is that the merchant publishes "like" information but needs to fill in and provide the name and mobile phone number. Once enough information is collected, such websites and official WeChat accounts will automatically disappear to obtain more people's real personal information.

6. "Clone" avatar fraud

Liars usually steal friends' accounts, then download other friends' WeChat avatars, then change friends' nicknames to the same, block everyone from viewing their circle of friends, and finally pretend to be friends for fraud.

7. Fake public account fraud

Liars will take a public account name similar to "XX official" or similar words on the WeChat platform, which makes people mistakenly think that this is the official WeChat publishing account, and then commit fraud.

8. soliciting fraud

Liars usually use pictures of scantily clad beautiful women as their avatars, and hint at providing "special services" by nicknames, signatures and other means. At the meeting place, there are probably several big men waiting for you to rob.

9. "Love Passing" Fraud

Liars usually send fictitious posts about finding people and helping the poor in the form of "love transmission" on WeChat, which causes many well-intentioned netizens to forward them. In fact, most of the contact information left in the post is a foreign number, and it is either a phone call or a telecom fraud.

10: Recruitment fraud

Liars will attract unemployed people by offering preferential treatment and commit fraud on the grounds of various registration fees and offers. After paying the fee, the liar will "go up in smoke".