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Rising Trend of Fraud Targeting College Students in Central China

Students from many universities in central China, such as Fengjia and Donghai, were defrauded by a video game store owner named Lin who used no-card installment payment method. Lin is now being sued by the prosecutor and seeking a severe sentence. The Taichung City Criminal Economics Team investigated and found out that this no-card installment fraud was In the case, 119 college students were murdered, with 32% of them between the ages of 18 and 19. The investigators described the young students as gangsters who “scammed new leeks.”

Another case involves a 21-year-old man named You from Taichung City. At the end of last year, he teamed up with his girlfriend of the same age to run a gambling and fraud machine room. He used one-page advertisements to attract victims to contact him and then commit fraud. The prosecutors closed the net and arrested people at the end of last year, bringing back 28 people involved in the case including traveling. Preliminary investigation revealed that there were more than 70 victims, eight of whom were high school and college students between the ages of 17 and 22. One female college student spent 90,000 yuan in savings. Eight thousand yuan was invested in You Nan’s virtual currency investment account, but all was lost.

In the past, the civil law stipulated that a legal adult must be over 20 years old, and the consent of a legal representative was not required to sign a contract or apply for a credit card. However, starting from New Year’s Day this year, the age of majority under the civil law has been lowered to 18 years old. College students can open accounts and apply for credit cards on their own.

Statistics from the Taichung City Criminal University Economic Section show that from January to November this year, there were 206 fraud victims aged 18 to 19. Compared with the same period last year, there were only 206 fraud victims aged 18 to 19. Ninety-five, an increase of one person this year, an increase rate of 1.16 times.

According to the 2021 national criminal case statistics of the Criminal Bureau, there were 4,462 fraud victims who were students by profession, accounting for 9.9% of the total. Last year, the number increased to 5,134, accounting for 9.9% of the total. Although it dropped to 9.7%, the reason was that fraud was rampant and the total number of victims increased sharply from 44,674 to 53,062, an increase of 18%. This year, the civil law lowered the adult age. , the number of students being defrauded may be even greater.

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2023-12-23 22:19:05
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