| 英文摘要 |
In transaction processes, cases where victims are passive and negligent, succumb to the perpetrator's“schemes,”fail to carefully read contract terms, or irrationally engage in blind lending resulting in losses have been utilized as evidence to convict perpetrators of fraud, leading to controversies over the overly broad application of the crime of fraud in practice. The normative protective purpose of fraud law lies in ensuring the normal exchange of fundamental transactional information to prevent unjustified property loss caused by deception, rather than indiscriminately protecting victims from all damages arising from their own cognitive errors. In view of this, the principle of victim self-responsibility should serve as a guide for determining whether the crime of fraud is established. Specifically, victim self-responsibility is a criterion for assessing fraudulent behavior; determining whether a perpetrator has committed fraud requires consideration of the victim's obligation to collect information and implement verification measures. Based on the standard of the“reasonable victim,”as long as a victim has fulfilled the level of information collection and verification expected of such a person, it can be concluded that the victim could not have perceived the risk of deception, possesses no control over that risk, and is not required to bear self-responsibility. Conversely, if the victim fails to act, they must be held self-responsible for their losses, which in turn can exclude the establishment of the perpetrator's fraudulent act. |