Despite all the reported cases in the media, on technological platforms such as social media and even in famous films of the film industry, they continue to be repeated every day all over the world.
As fraud continues to claim victims around the world, international cooperation becomes essential to track and apprehend criminals across borders. The use of resources such as interpolrednotice.net/ can be useful for those involved in such cases, providing guidance on the management of Interpol Red Notices and facilitating cross-border cooperation to effectively combat global fraud.
Crime of fraud
Conceptually, fraud is a crime that consists in misleading another person for the purpose of obtaining profit, inducing him to perform an act of disposal of property to the detriment of himself with the benefit of the guilty party or third parties. In many cases, fraudsters take advantage of the inexperience and inexperience in business matters of those they succeed in entrapping, as well as failures or weaknesses in the security systems of public or private institutions, the consequences of which have larger consequences for commercial activities.
Some types of fraud involve impersonating another person or even impersonating a government or official body, which is part of the most common behavior of those involved in this type of crime. The Penal Code of Venezuela establishes that anyone who uses tricks or means capable of misleading or surprising the good faith of another person, misleads him with the purpose of obtaining for himself or another unfair advantage to the detriment of others, commits fraud. The crime of fraud is punishable by one to five years in prison under Venezuelan law.
The laws punish fraud with imprisonment for a term of six months to three years if the amount of the fraud exceeds 400 euros. The fine is reduced from one to three months if the amount of fraud does not exceed 400 euros. In a European country, fraud is classified as when an entity, for profit and with the help of certain computer manipulations or a similar device, achieves without consent the transfer of any property to the detriment of another person. It is also considered when computer programs designed to commit fraud are produced, facilitated or implemented, and when credit or debit cards, traveler's checks or the data contained in any of them are used to carry out any transaction to the detriment of their owner or a third party.
Fraud is usually combined with computer crimes and organized crime; In these cases, the actions and means of committing the crime are complicated, as is the case with computer fraud using technological means and social networks; immigration fraud; identity theft of a tax person; telephone scams; theft of personal and professional data; bank frauds (overpayment, payment of bad checks, automatic withdrawal of funds, phishing); fraudulent pyramid schemes that use the funds of new recruits to pay profits to long-time members; fraud with state grants; lotteries and raffles.
How not to become a victim of scammers?
From the legal office, we recommend that in order not to become victims of fraudsters, conduct transactions and negotiations only with trusted people. If this is not always possible, the identities of the responsible parties should be carefully verified and online search tools should be used to verify their credibility. Today, it is very easy to find comments from others online that can offer a reputation review. If subjects hide their identity, it is not recommended to make a deal or offer personal information that could be used for fraud. These tips are also helpful:
- Delete all emails of questionable origin for which there is no clear proof of origin.
- Do not offer personal or bank account or asset ownership information through any electronic means.
- Remember that banking institutions will never ask for user information, passwords or personal details via email or instant messages.
- Review profiles and contact information carefully to make sure it's a real profile.
- Always use trusted browsing servers.
- Beware of very tempting offers or offers.
- Avoid prepayment without prior guarantee.
- Before making any transaction, find the contact numbers and physical head office.
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