For the victims of fraud, it is no laughing matter

RAO YUAN, a postgraduate at a Guangzhou-based university was tricked out of 850,000 yuan ($132,217) by fraudsters. Yet after the incident was reported by the media, many netizens mocked her saying she is a bookworm who knows little about society. China Youth Daily comments:

The thieves that stole Rao's money did it in a typical way: They claimed to be the police and said she was involved in a money laundering case, requiring her to pay 1.28 million yuan as "pledge to the State". Rao raised 850,000 yuan and lost all the money.

Who is to blame?