Increase efforts to rectify "online fortune telling"
2023-06-05
In recent years, "online fortune telling" has quietly become popular on the internet, such as using artificial intelligence to look at faces, using professional software to look at fingerprints, and using mobile apps to determine constellation "luck". Relevant content is available on websites, mini programs, self media platforms, and other channels. There are even some platforms and individuals using this as a gimmick to attract and create well-known "internet celebrities". There are various ways of "online fortune telling", and the fees are generally high, mostly over a thousand yuan, and some even charge tens of thousands of yuan for half an hour of consultation. In addition, there are also expensive so-called "disaster relief items" that are priced far beyond similar products in the market. I have participated in some 'online fortune telling' with a curious mentality. At the beginning, I used free to arouse consumers' interest, and then said, 'If you have bad luck recently, there may be disasters, you need to transport them in a timely manner' to induce consumers to purchase related products and services. Services and product prices related to 'online fortune telling' are available from low to high, and some people are throwing money into disaster relief and transportation. ' Li Mengjie, a citizen of Nanning City, Guangxi, said. A reporter's investigation found that "online fortune telling" has formed a fixed routine and specialized language, such as using free services to attract consumers first, and then using language such as intimidation and threats to demand consumers to purchase related goods and services. In terms of transactions, red envelopes, transfers, or rewards are often used to evade the supervision of relevant departments. The high profits have even spawned a specialized "industrial chain" that includes various roles such as marketing, intermediaries, and customer service. In addition to defrauding money, "online fortune telling" also has the potential to leak personal information. Some netizens said that the common "online fortune telling" needs to provide personal privacy information such as name, birth date, personal photo and even ID number, "Some businesses and individuals collect this information and package it for sale to facilitate criminals to carry out accurate telecommunications fraud." "Fortune telling and divination are actually psychological consolation. When people encounter uncertain events, they often have fear and anxiety, hoping to seek psychological security through fortune telling," said Yang Guoxin, vice president of the Guangxi Society of Social Psychology. In addition, the introduction and application of big data and high-tech can easily lead some people to lose their direction, not distinguishing between truth and falsehood, and unknowingly falling into the tricks of merchants. Gao Yandong, Vice President of the Digital Rule of Law Research Institute at Zhejiang University, stated that "online fortune telling" behavior is easily used by criminals to commit crimes, and in serious cases, it may be suspected of fraud and other crimes. Whether 'online fortune telling' constitutes a crime of fraud can be determined from the means of behavior, the amount of money collected, and the subjective purpose. Those who make up facts, conceal the truth, or make others pay for a larger amount can generally be considered as fraud, "said Gao Yandong. In response to the rampant problem of "online fortune telling", relevant rectification work is also being continuously promoted. Recently, police in multiple regions have revealed a batch of illegal activities of online fraud under the guise of fortune telling, with some scams totaling tens of millions of yuan. Departments such as NetEase require strict crackdown on illegal access to personal information or fraud through similar means. In regulatory and law enforcement practices, relevant departments often face technical problems such as difficulty in tracing illegal entities, difficulty in collecting electronic evidence, and difficulty in reviewing electronic data, some of which have surpassed grassroots law enforcement
Edit:Zhou Shu Responsible editor:Jia Jia
Source:People.cn
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