Chang Liu
Sociology 167
A Fraud from Tencent QQ
In February 2013, a Chinese citizen from Shandong, China reported an online scam to local security authority. He reported that he transferred 100,000 RMB (16343.1 dollars) to the bank account that his “son” provided on Tencent QQ, a Chinese social software, after his “son” claims for finical help. However, he found out that it was a trap after contacting his son on cellphone. His son told him that his QQ account was hacked by others who may illegally in use for frauds.
The polices investigated that the criminals secretly sent out Trojan virus to international students’ QQ account to steal their passwords - they sneaked into international students’ QQ groups, chatted with the group members, and then defrauded their relatives and friends’ trusts to swindle their money. In this case, dissociative anonymity was the biggest leading tool used in disinhibition that motivates the criminals to defraud through Internet. The criminals understand that applying QQ account does not require identity authentication, and people are not necessary communicate through video or audio chats. Therefore, they can provide fake information about themselves, and the students in QQ groups were not able to determine the criminals’ real identities. Consequently, they can take advantage through being anonymities to sneak into international students’ QQ groups and sent out Trojan virus.
Article from People’s Daily (China)
Date: June 19, 2013.
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