The reporter learned from a press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security today (12th) that since October 2025, the number of electronic fraud cases in our country has declined year-on-year for eight consecutive months.

From the perspective of fraud techniques, there are currently 10 most common types of fraud, which are: fake bill rebates, fake shopping services, fake online investment and financial management, fake reseller logistics customer service, loan credit reporting, fake transactions in online games, online dating and dating, pretending to be a public prosecutor, pretending to be an acquaintance of a leader, and ticket refund and rebooking fraud. These 10 types of cases account for 85% of all electronic fraud cases. Among them, bill rebate fraud has the highest incidence, accounting for 25% of all electronic fraud cases; false online investment and financial management fraud has the highest losses, accounting for about 40% of all electronic fraud case losses. Most cases with losses of one million or more than 10 million are of this type.

In addition, current telecommunications network fraud has some new features and new techniques:

First, criminals mainly use online platforms to find crime targets;

Second, criminals use a large number of niche communication software to deeply brainwash victims;

Third, criminals use specialized fraud apps to carry out remote theft;

Fourth, criminals use a large number of valuables such as cash or gold to obtain and transfer fraud funds.

(CCTV reporter Li Kejing)