On January 20, 2020, under the leadership of Qi Wei, deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party branch, four lawyer representatives of Shandong Yiheng law firm carried out law popularization publicity work in Qingdao east bus station.  What is illegal fund-raising?According to the relevant provisions, illegal fund-raising refers to the behavior that units or individuals raise funds illegally from relevant departments without the approval of relevant departments in accordance with legal procedures, and promise to repay the principal and interest or give return within a certain period of time.What are the characteristics?Illegality: absorbing funds without the approval of relevant departments according to law or borrowing the form of legal operation.Publicity: publicize to the public through media, promotion meetings, flyers, mobile phone information, etc.Inducement: promise to repay the principal and interest or return in the form of currency, material object and equity within a certain period of time.Diversity: absorbing funds from the public and non-specific objects of society.How much do you know?One means: promise high returnMethod two: fabricating false namesThe third method is to publicize and create momentumThe fourth means: using relatives and friends to deceiveMethod 5: under the guise of "Internet finance"The lawyer of Shandong Yiheng law firm pointed out: the concept of finance is broad, and there are many kinds of industries. Even professionals are hard to come to all aspects of the business. We must be vigilant when we encounter salesmen who come to sell. Now, many fraudsters will speculate on financial products in combination with the current hot spots. In fact, they are all illusory things. When you find that you may fall into a fraud, you should report to the public security department in time, and entrust professional lawyers to protect their rights when necessary.