Analysis of the Relevant Characteristics of Online Fraud Cases Happened on College Students

Abstract

In the Internet era, the college student groups are Internet users who use the Internet more widely and deeply with more frequency than the ordinary Internet users. However, college students have insufficient social experience and they have been living in a relatively simple living environment for a long time, which makes them have low ability to distinguish the true from the false and become the targeted by cyber scammers easily. This paper analyzes the causes and the basic types of online fraud cases happened on college students through studying the current situation of online fraud cases happened on college students so as to guide college students to learn to screen and self-protect, and to cultivate more comprehensive high-quality talents.