On The International Trade Of Electronic Contract Fraud

With the fast development of Internet, electronic commerce with a prosperous further draws lots of attention. It heavily changed our traditional thinking method and ways of doing international business. Electronic contract, typical of its character as low cost, high efficient and widely used, is more and more be used as carrier of international trade and gains lots of compliment.But as a new application of trade and Internet, electronic contract had been commonly made use of to commit fraud.This paper focuses on the topic of what contract fraud is, the reason for the contract fraud, the main ways and the impact on the economic welfare and how to avoid it.The first chapter defines what electronic contract fraud is in the international trade, and distinguish it with other contract dissensions. It could benefit the contract partners by offering the theoretical references about how and when to appeal for the court to protest one's legal profit. At the same time it can be of great help to the court to intervene the cases at the proper time.The second chapter analysts the electronic contract fraud from technology, regulations, laws and international traders'aspects and draws out the conclusion of the main, important and direct reason for the fraud.The third chapter discusses the 5 main ways of electronic contract fraud.The forth chapter analysts the impact of fraud on the profit allot between sales and buys, and the influence on the social economic welfare.The fifth chapter discussed the ways of avoiding electronic contract fraud in the international trade.