The Confusion And Countermeasures In Combating Fraud Crimes On Communication Networks

Communication network fraud has become a global problem which is a kind of criminal activity that causes large property loss of victims in a wide range.In China,the problem of communication network fraud is particularly prominent because of the lack of regulations on both the telecommunication industry and the finance industry.With practical experience of cracking communication network frauds,the author analyzes the characteristics of the communication network,identifies the legal,technical and institutional problems of the current practices public security facilities use to fight against communication network fraud,and then proposes solutions.The first part of the article explains the meaning of the crime of communication network fraud,defines the range of the crime,introduces common ways of communication network fraud,analyzes the typical characteristics of the communication network fraud,and clarifies the differences between traditional fraud and communication network fraud to have an overall understanding of the communication network fraud.The second part analyzes the current status of public security facilities fighting against communication network fraud.By analyzing the data of cases registered,cases solved,and losses retrieved in city N,province J,and comparing legislative and executive ways of cracking down communication network fraud crimes in U.S.and Japan to China,the article tries to find the crux of the problem.The third part clarifies several major confusions on fighting against communication fraud crimes.The article analyzes some challenges the author faced when participating cracking down such crimes from legal,technical,and institutional aspects.For example,the lacking of legislation on telecommunication industry,the ineffectiveness of regulations on banking industry,and the leaking of citizen personal information.By analyzing the reasons behind these problems,the article reveals what the role each party plays in a communication network fraud crime for telecommunication vendors,banks and third party payment service providers,and points out the current ineffective mechanism of fighting against communication network fraud and the messiness of regulations on telecommunication vendors.The fourth part provides practical proposals on solving some of the problems of cracking down communication network fraud crimes to improve current practices from legal,technical and institutional aspects and strengthen the ability of fighting against communication network fraud and effectively protect citizen property safety from a macro perspective of local public security departments working together with other government divisions with joint effort from telecommunication vendors,banks and other third party payment service provider creating a big data platform.