If the elderly are uneasy, the family will be uneasy, and if the family is uneasy, the society will be uneasy. In recent years, some criminals have committed fraud in the name of pension, causing losses and suffering to the elderly. Elderly-related "sales" fraud is one of the common types involving the elderly, and it is also a relatively common and typical fraud method in pension fraud crimes. On the morning of December 13, the Dongcheng People's Court held a press briefing to report on the trial of "sales" fraud cases involving the elderly and the characteristics of such cases, to give relevant risk warnings, and to report two typical cases.
According to Ji Guangsheng, vice president of the Criminal Trial Division of Dongcheng Court, "medicine and health products" pension assistance sales, collectibles "pension products", and investment rebates are the three common types of "sales" frauds involving the elderly.
Criminals target the psychology of the elderly who are eager for health, health and longevity, or take advantage of the psychology of the elderly who hope to make profits through investment and strengthen their ability to provide for the elderly, and sell ancestral secret recipes and special medicines to the elderly, or sell the so-called collection that is inflated. But in fact, these drugs and health products often exaggerate their efficacy, or even three-no products, and the so-called collections often do not have room for appreciation. Criminals will also use free lectures, experiences and other forms to boast of the so-called pension apartments under construction, pension financial services and other pension projects to lure the elderly to invest in financial management, but in the end the pension projects sink into the sea, and the promised high interest cannot be fulfilled. Ji Guangsheng introduced.
After investigation, the court found that the cases of "sales" fraud involving the elderly showed that the level of criminal gangs was complex, there were many participants, the criminal methods tended to be refined and specialized, the criminal fields and objects were cross-regional and public-related, and the criminal content was more advanced and deceptive.
Compared with one-to-one sales fraud, it is more conducive to criminals to play professional cards and lose money, and it is often easier to succeed. Ji Guangsheng analyzed, on the one hand, the "sales" fraud can be carried out on the elderly through the packaging and publicity of the centralized display of "professional personality"; On the other hand, by allowing the elderly to try and try for free, and even small favors such as charter tours, people gather, create a booming business, profitable, and "no investment or purchase is a loss" atmosphere, and use the "herd effect" in psychology to make the elderly "willingly" pay into their pockets.
On how to better prevent the risk of "sales" fraud, Ji Guangsheng reminded that to build a strong family line of defense, children should pay attention to the physical and mental health of the elderly, regularly take the elderly to check their bodies, meet their emotional needs, and publicize more knowledge and information on fraud prevention to their families. While using the propaganda board to release anti-fraud information, the relevant departments should also strengthen the management of WeChat groups at the door of the community building, actively disseminate anti-fraud and fraud articles, popularize science and health care knowledge, and provide residents with a good "preventive shot" against fraud. In addition, it is also necessary to strengthen mass prevention and management, strengthen the education and publicity of employees in office buildings, hotels, restaurants and other business establishments, and if relevant venues find clues about suspected "sales" fraud, they should promptly report to the public security, industry and commerce and other departments, and jointly build a strong line of defense against fraud.
Luo Lan, vice president of the Criminal Trial Division of the Dongcheng Court, introduced two typical cases. In a case of "sales" of health products and drugs, the four defendants attracted the elderly to participate in tourism activities in the surrounding areas of Beijing on the grounds of free travel, during which they pretended to be medical doctors at the hotel where they stayed to hold so-called health lectures and diagnosis and treatment activities, and falsely advertised the gel candy that was originally produced and sold as food as a drug with the best eye disease or improvement effects, and defrauded more than 30 elderly people of a total of more than 40 yuan. In another case of "sale" of collectibles, the defendant fabricated facts such as being able to help the victim auction the collectibles, invited the victims to the company, and then defrauded 92 victims of a total of RMB 320 in the name of collecting commissions for the entrusted auction contract, auction service fees, auction deposits, etc80,000 yuan. In both cases, the defendants were sentenced to corresponding sentences.
Roland reminded that the elderly friends must improve their awareness of self-prevention, recognize the deceptive tricks of criminals "with small profits and big wealth", and stay away from propaganda content such as "free experience", "special curative effect", "expert diagnosis", "free food, accommodation and travel" and "high return on small investment".
Whether a society is happy or not, it is very important to see whether the elderly are happy or not. On the road to happy pension, we must be wary of the 'will sell' fraud trap. It is hoped that the elderly can keep their eyes open, improve their ability to recognize and prevent fraud, and also hope that individuals, families and society will actively participate in protecting the pension money of the elderly. Zeng Jin, member of the party group and director of the Political Department of the Dongcheng Court, said.
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Contributed by: Dongcheng Courthouse.
*: Jia Xiaoyi.
Editor: Yao Zheng Guo Jin.
Review: Wang Fang.