[Reporter’s investigation] Divination and fortune telling are popular on the Internet, and there are many tricks to collect money.

　　□ Our reporter Han Dandong

　　□ Intern of this newspaper Wang Qi

　　"The nose is accurate, the mountains are hidden, and the roots are straight through the hall. Its physiognomy is excellent … … The main personality is generous, charitable, hard-working and successful in middle age. ‘ as a face; Zhongyue ’ What kind of bones the nose has, what kind of temperament the appearance will have, especially this natural beauty of bones can stand up to scrutiny, and now it is a reward for heaven. "

　　In the Weibo comments of some stars and big V, we can often see the comments of commentators on the face or career of stars or big V. Clicking on the commentator’s personal homepage shows that "eight characters, zodiac signs, palm prints and faces can be seen, and career, marriage, fortune and health can all be counted". With the help of the popularity of stars and big V, it has become a common practice for network soothsayers to direct traffic to their homepages.

　　At present, many young people are keen on network divination, whether it is the traditional horoscope and palm reading, or the emerging tarot cards and astrology, more and more people are beginning to look for the direction of life from metaphysics. According to a survey conducted by the reporter of Rule of Law Daily, the so-called "masters" on the Internet may not care about the future of the "master" but only care about the wallet of the "master".

　　Network divination catch up with network express

　　Young people become mainstream customers.

　　How hot is the current network divination? On the bilibili, divination videos such as "Can you pass the recent exam", "Does Ta want to be with you" and "Your fortune in April" have emerged one after another, many of which have reached "million+"and the barrage is full of "Get good luck". On the platform of Weibo, the topic of "Tarot card divination" has been read by billions and discussed by millions.

　　Entering the words "fortune telling", "fortune reading" and "divination" on the e-commerce platform will also pop up many service items. Services include marriage, marriage, career, health, wealth, children, studies, naming, and so on, with prices ranging from 10 yuan to 1000 yuan.

　　In addition to the common horoscopes, tarot cards, horoscope fortune telling, etc., AI fortune telling has emerged in recent years, and it can be automatically analyzed by inputting information such as birthdates, face and palm, so as to help people "get lost".

　　Zheng Ning, director of the Law Department of the School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China, said that more and more young people are convinced of astrology, tarot cards and other online divination. The main reason is that young people are under great work pressure and have greater uncertainty about the future, and they need to find a space to decompress. Online divination has the function of psychological suggestion, which can make people get some relief from real life in a certain period of time.

　　Zheng Ning said that there is a "survivor bias" in divination, which will be infinitely magnified when it is calculated on time, and people will ignore it or make excuses when it is not calculated on time.

　　Zhao Zhanling, a lawyer of Beijing Yunjia Law Firm, said that online divination or off-line divination, as well as looking at facial constellations, are all feudal superstitions. However, because there is a certain survival soil and mass base in reality, the country is still mainly based on publicity and education, and there is no clear law to prohibit it.

　　There are more and more online divination scams.

　　There are many crimes behind the routine.

　　With the popularity of network divination, there are more and more scams hidden behind it.

　　"After some turmoil before, your overall fortune will gradually rise, and your career will usher in a new starting point and progress. However, this does not mean that you don’t need diligence and hard work. Not only that, you should also maintain a better attitude. Don’t think about what kind of success you should get, don’t worry too much, and try your best to do everything now. Soon, you will be easily appreciated by the nobles." This is a so-called network divination master’s comprehensive fortune after the reporter of Rule of Law Daily provided some false identity information.

　　The reporter then added a master named "Hong mr. yi" through the QR code information displayed on the Weibo page. After providing him with the gender, age and clear palm photos, the master made a brief analysis, and suggested that the reporter share the chat screenshots and QR code posters to the circle of friends for publicity, which can then help analyze the overall comprehensive fortune and precautions of the individual.

　　A day later, the reporter got a detailed analysis from the master, and at the same time received the WeChat receipt code from the master, saying, "Palmistry is about numerology, not destiny. I hope my analysis can help you in your life. If you think I am right, you can add some incense money, which is random. If you want to offer incense, please sweep the unified merit code and let me know later. I’m.

　　The reporter noticed that on the master’s WeChat receipt, 575 people had paid.

　　Since 2019, police in Ningguo, Anhui, Liangjiang, Chongqing and Yancheng, Jiangsu have successively destroyed several online fortune-telling fraud gangs. The police in Ningguo, Anhui Province once reported that after a hot social event such as a star’s divorce happened, online fortune-telling fraud gangs used Weibo account to comment on the face and fortune of the star concerned, pointing out the so-called reasons, so as to attract fans’ attention and organize associates to follow the posts. Once there is a fan consultation, the suspects in the Weibo group will immediately push them to the accomplices in the WeChat group, and finally use WeChat to pretend to be a "master" to point out the maze and do things to defraud money.

　　It is understood that the so-called "masters" are generally very good at grasping people’s psychology and pain points and using words to defraud trust. Their words are very ambiguous, similar to the "Barnum effect" in psychology (meaning that the more vague and general the description, the more people feel particularly accurate and easy to sit in the right place).

　　The routines of network divination are not limited to these. It is understood that online divination has spawned illegal activities such as online pyramid schemes and online fraud.

　　The threshold of network divination is low, and the input cost is almost zero. Weibo and WeChat official account about "network divination" can be seen everywhere. In order to improve marketing efficiency and encourage young people to be offline, some operators can become first-class agents, second-class agents and third-class agents only by paying a few hundred yuan of agency fees. Agents at different levels refer customers and get corresponding rebate commissions, and often show the false high rewards obtained by agents at all levels in Weibo and friends circle. This marketing method that relies on attracting people to make profits is very close to pyramid schemes, and it is suspected of touching the legal red line. It should be curbed in time to prevent network divination from becoming a new pyramid scheme.

　　At the same time, online divination also breeds online fraud. Network divination is mainly in the form of referral. Operators set up marketing personnel to find potential customers for them, and obtain basic information of the parties, such as age, marital status and work situation, through professional speech, and convey it to the operators. After obtaining relevant information, the operators state the basic information of the parties in the form of false divination, gain the trust of the parties, and then ask the parties to buy derivative products such as "opening symbols" and "transshipment symbols" to defraud the parties.

　　In addition, illegal network organizations have emerged in the name of network divination. With the increasing popularity of network divination, the number of believers is increasing. Operators set up illegal network organizations through QQ group and WeChat group, gathering believers in one place, and constantly brainwashing and controlling their speech, which not only divines personal work and career development, but even makes false assertions about certain industry trends, policies and regulations, which disrupts the cyberspace order.

　　Government departments should supervise according to law.

　　Guide people to establish correct three views

　　Regarding the illegal and criminal acts that may be caused by network divination, Zhao Zhanling said that if someone engages in some illegal or even criminal acts in the name of network divination, he can be investigated for criminal responsibility. For example, to develop offline agents in the name of network divination, each level can draw a certain commission and commission from the membership fees or other fees added by the next level, which belongs to the nature of pyramid schemes. This kind of pyramid scheme violates the regulations on the prohibition of pyramid schemes, and the act of organizing and leading pyramid schemes is also suspected of constituting a criminal offence.

　　Zhao Zhanling said that fraud in the name of online divination constitutes a criminal offence and can be investigated for criminal responsibility, as long as it meets the filing standards of fraud stipulated in the Criminal Law.

　　Zheng Ning also said that pyramid selling, fraud and illegal network organization in the name of network divination violated the Regulations on Prohibiting Pyramid Selling, the Civil Code, the Criminal Law and the Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Social Organizations respectively. These acts may bear civil liability, administrative liability and even criminal liability.

　　"For online divination, there is no clear legal prohibition, but because of its wide spread and great influence, and it may have a great negative impact on young users, online divination should be supervised according to law. Relevant specific regulations can be formulated, or some existing laws and regulations can be revised. For example, an article can be added to the Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services to prohibit the dissemination of information related to network divination. There are also network service providers who should take relevant technical and management measures to manage some network divination information existing on the platform. " Zhao Zhanling said.

　　Zheng Ning suggested: "First of all, we should adopt multi-sectoral joint law enforcement to form a joint force. Network divination involves the functions and powers of many organs, so all departments should jointly carry out law enforcement actions, public security departments should crack down on related illegal crimes, civil affairs departments should crack down on illegal social organizations, network information departments should crack down on illegal network information, and market supervision departments should crack down on illegal pyramid schemes. Secondly, we should strengthen public education, advocate scientific spirit, pay attention to psychological counseling, and provide professional psychological counseling to help people establish a correct three views. The Internet platform earnestly fulfills its main responsibilities, investigates and deals with illegal acts, and reports them in a timely manner. At the same time, encourage the public to complain and report. "