CHARACTERISTICS OF FRAUDULENCE MADE WITH THE HELP OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
in recent years the Russian press constantly speaks about the appearance of new kinds of criminal acts that do not fit into the standard framework of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. There are diverse ways of cheating in mobile communications, which are regularly updated. However, they have similar typical features. Most common are: 1. Forced calls on the toll number. In this case one receives a call from an unknown number, which resets before you hear a response, or a message asking «callback». 2. Cloning, or cell phone-doubles use. 3. Cheating by means of mobile content. Mobile content is an information service (such as games, entertainment, news, information and advice), as well as sms and mms services (sms-chat, sms-game reality show, dating, download ring tones, logos, images, etc..). 4. Mobile content and virus technologies used in combination. A subscriber gets an sms-message informing that he has received a mms. An sms contains a link to a site where a subscriber can see an mms-message. 5. Imitation of a provider`s service center work. 6. Cheating with the usage of Internet. Internet has been currently use by millions of people. Criminals take advantage of this to affect Internet users and mobile phones owners. This type of fraud is called «phishing» (it comes from the English «password» and «fishing»), that is a kind of damage aimed at getting the identity of a user. That`s not right that phreakers actions cannot be subjected to the articles of the Criminal Code. At the same time it should be noted that it is not always possible to prosecute mobile phones «pirates» due to the following factors: their actions are frequently latent; people are reluctant to apply to law enforcement agencies; damage caused by criminals is sometimes insignificant (Art. 14 of the Criminal Code).