Research On The Investigation Of The Crime Of Online “Clicking-Farm” Fraud

The online “clicking-farm” is accompanied by the emergence of e-commerce,and the crime of online “clicking-farm” fraud is accompanied by the development of the online “clicking-farm”.The behavior of the online “clicking-farm” is an illegal act,which can be regulated by civil,administrative and criminal legal means.The online “clicking-farm” fraud is indeed a criminal offence,which not only brings property damage to the victims,but also pose great influence on the society.The crime of online “clicking-farm” fraud refers to that fraudsters suspects who aim to obtain illegal benefits set up a fraud by mechanically repeating fictitious transaction orders in the online platform,so that the victims fall into the wrong understanding of normal transactions.There are objective reasons for this kind of crime: the prosperity of "non-contact" crime caused by the characteristics of the Internet,which provides the ground for the breeding of online fraud;there are also subjective reasons: the suspect has the purpose of illegal profit-making,what's more,victim's psychology of "getting nothing for nothing" has contributed to the high incidence of this crime.The author divide this kind of crime into three types: The first is to the individual user,and this type of crime concludes online part-time “clicking-farm” fraud and online store promotion fraud.The second is to the platform,which is based on the nature of the money,such as subsidies and fraudulent platform compensation and settlement payments.The third is the fraud against merchants,and the logic of this type is the most primitive and the easiest to identify in practice.Crime of online “clicking-farm” fraud belongs to the category of online fraud crimes,so it has the common characteristics of online fraud crimes,it has its own particularities as well.In general,this type of crime is related to criminal subjects and criminal objects,criminal industry chains,and criminal transactions.The most obvious feature is the whitewashing of stolen goods.It is precisely because of the special performance of online “clicking-farm” fraud that the investigation of such cases is extremely hard to investigate.The concealment of the crime and the longer criminal chain crime make it more difficult for the suspect to find;the collection and fixation of criminal evidence,the formation of the criminal system,the recovery and return of stolen money,and the unsuccessful internal or external cooperation have all lead to these obstacles.The difficulty of single fraud crime investigation is greatly increased.In response to the characteristics and difficulties of investigation of this type of crime,the investigating agency should conduct investigations from the following five aspects: from expanding the source of criminal intelligence at the initial stage to comprehensive analysis of the case,taking multiple measures to arrest the suspect,and these countermeasures are from research and judgment to landing The specific embodiment of the investigation.What's more,while investigating and combating,we should also focus on strengthening investigation and early warning,strengthening the advance prevention by developing a big data investigation model,and reducing the incidence of such crimes.In addition to combating cases,we should also strengthen business awareness and attack the entire crime chain.Fraudulent “clicking-farm” fraud forms a full-scale and high-pressure strike.Throughout the investigation process,investigation cooperation should always be carried out,internally to improve the combined combat capabilities of various departments,and strengthen cooperation between police and enterprises from the outside to improve the efficiency of investigations.This article intends to provide a brief overview of the investigation about the crime of online “clicking-farm” fraud cases.