Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective

With the rapid development and broad application of network information technology in recent years, the typical criminal behavior of network fraud has gradually increased, causing severe damage and marketing to social order and citizens' rights and interests. Among them, the "pig-butchering scam" type network fraud, as a typical crime method different from the traditional mode, a wide range of victims, a vast amount of money involved, and severe social harm, has become the focus of legal circles and social public opinion. From a legal perspective, this paper will conduct a multi-dimensional detailed analysis of "pig-butchering scam" online fraud, analyze the crime mode from the fraud process and characteristics of "pig-butchering scam," and study the current judicial and legislative status quo in China, explore the current legal dilemma related to the crime from the legal perspective and propose solutions, in order to provide a valuable reference for our legislation and judicature.