Бибарсова Д. Д.

Рядовой полиции 204 взвода УЮИ МВД России

 

Fraud and its types

Fraud - theft of another's property or buying another's property by deception or abuse of trust.

Thus, under the deception it is understood as a conscious distortion of the truth (active deception) and omission of the truth (passive deception). In both cases the victim is deceived itself conveys his property swindler [1].

Originally, the word "fraud" (by Council Code) meaning "deception, an artful (sometimes sudden) theft of another's property." The first legislative definition of fraud, which is close to the modern, was given in the decree of Catherine II on April 3rd, 1781 "On the different types of theft and some of them penalties repairs" "Be someone in the Market Place ... out of his pocket that will take out ... or suddenly that fuck, or deception or sell fiction, or weighing kit, or measurements of the measure, or that such a hoax or fiction itself does not belong to him, without the consent of the will, and whose it "[2].

In cases of fraud cheating man becomes evil, destructive force for cheating and to cheat. Roughly the same thing we can say about the satellite fraud - theft as embezzlement or rights upon him by deception is a form of theft. [2]

In modern society, fraud is becoming more widespread and sophisticated. It is no coincidence one of the outstanding Russian lawyers of the XIX century. AND I. Foinitsky wrote: "as a man resorted to the initial abduction of the property mainly to axes and flails, and the man of our time to the taking of another's secret, soon - that is already very noticeable now - the predominant place of a way to replace an instrument of intelligent, cunning, deceit; consequently, the social side of fraud is very tempting, "[5].

Fraud in the modern world is extremely many faces, adaptability (adaptability), the dynamism and the ability to upgrade. It is widespread, not only because it is not always associated with violence, that is, "With an ax and a bludgeon," but also because modern life is very tehnizirovana, forms of human communication and intellektualiziruyutsya increasingly computerized, increasing importance of information technology, especially in the field of business and finance, more and more forms of communication are virtualized, ie, made through the latest means of communication, from mobile phones to the Internet. [3]

In these areas and come deception and fraud. In these areas, they acquire such new and unusual forms that can be understood only by experts in their respective fields of knowledge. We can say that there is fraud, both in traditional forms, for example, card or "naperstochnogo" deceit, and in the latest computer and virtual forms. Therefore, it is rightly said in 1871 IY Foinitsky that fraud - is primarily a "smart weapon", its manifestations in modern times more sophisticated, variable and elusive. [5]

Today in Russia, cheating is widely prevalent as ever, and it's very diverse, volatile and increasingly sophisticated. It has become a mass phenomenon. Each of us is in deception and fraud. The most dangerous targets of fraud are our material prosperity, our health, our very lives and our consciousness or inner world, which is under pressure of suggestion, that is, various forms of deception. Accordingly, the main types of fraud are a financial and other material forms of fraud, various kinds of magic, psychic, "popular", and other forms of healing; suggestion and media hype, and various pseudoscientific quack and educational services.

What specific types of fraud are prevalent in contemporary Russia? Even if a list of more or less traditional forms of it, you get a pretty impressive list: gambling (cards, thimbles, lotteries, casinos); divination; Healing in all its limitless forms, ie, on the basis of clairvoyance, different types of magic ("black", "white", "bewitching", etc.); parapraktiki, ie quack and fraudulent transactions, fraud, exploiting the belief in supernatural phenomena (levitation, telepathy, "cold reading", teleportation, ufology, poltergeists, etc.), or faith in psychics in the supernatural powers of perception (sight skin, eyes, X-ray, the ability to diagnose karma adjust aura or biofield, etc.); begging; fraudulent forms of advertising and advertisements; political demagoguery. Increasingly widespread religious stained types of fraud: otmalivanie, exorcism, faith healing, sanctification, etc. [4].

More complex and specialized forms of fraud related to the area of ​​advertising, sales, financial and trade transactions, real estate transactions. Another modern and widespread type of fraud is a large set of services on the part of so-called non-traditional or alternative medicine. Scammers from this type of quackery offer special kinds of diagnostics and treatment using special devices operating on the basis of the latest "discoveries" in the field of physics (and thus are, in particular, the so-called torsioneers) or the quantum mechanics (machines "quantum medicine").

What is the place, the region where the fraud? Fraud can occur almost anywhere, but there are specific areas of risk, where the probability of being a victim of fraud is particularly great. This can be a station, street, market, shop, the firm one-day, railways, airports, various uninvited guests coming to the apartment under the guise of social workers, housing department, or merchants, mailbox, home or mobile phones and even the Internet [2] .

As mentioned above, each of the cases of fraud unique. At the same time, he is usually minutes or long enough "play" with his script and actors. Therefore, to give a comprehensive picture of the current fraud is not possible.

According to the criminal law of the Russian Federation - Russia, fraud may be defined as "committed for pecuniary gain by deception or abuse of trust unlawful uncompensated seizure, and (or) treatment of another's property in favor of the perpetrator or of other persons, causing damage to the owner or other owner of the property, or committed by the same means and free of illegal buying another property "[4].

Form fraudulent deception is very diverse. Fraud can be committed in the form of an oral or written communication, or be in the commission of any action: the falsification of the subject of the transaction, the application shulerskih techniques at a game of cards or "thimble," reckoned the substitution amount of money falsified subject kit and the like. Very often, deceptive actions combined with the verbal. [3]

As you can see, the psychology of the fraudster, psychology and the psychology of fraud deceived - this is not the same thing. In the process of fraud as if the two interact psychology - the psychology and the psychology of the fraudster its victims. These two psychology meet, and begins the process of fraudulent deception. Therefore fraud as a process - is primarily a psychological process, and only secondarily - machinery fraud, its resources and the particular circumstances [1]. However, the psychology of fraud as a process largely depends on the type of fraud, his place of occurrence, the content and purpose of fraud. Strictly speaking, every case of fraud in something unique, and this also is its danger, unpredictability, and the difficulty of understanding of exposure and combat.

 

References

1. Большой энциклопедический словарь. Изд. 2-е. – М., 1998, с. 765.

2. Волженкин Б. В. Мошенничество. –  СПб, 1998. –  (серия «Современные стандарты в уголовном праве и уголовном процессе»).

3. Сунчалиева Л. Э. Мошенничество (уголовно-правовой и криминологический аспект). Дисс. … канд. юрид. Наук. –  Ставрополь, 2004.

4. Постановление Пленума Верховного Суда РФ от 27.12.2007 N 51 «О судебной практике по делам о мошенничестве, присвоении и растрате» (рус.). lawmix.ru (27 декабря 2007). Проверено 2 ноября 2012. Архивировано из первоисточника 7 ноября 2012.

5. Фойницкий И.Я Мошенничество по русскому праву. В 2-х частях, Ч. 1, М.: Изд-во СГУ, 2006, С. 9.