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Detecting advance fee fraud using NLP bag of word model

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Abstract

Advance Fee Fraud (AFF) is a form of Internet fraud prevalent within the Cybercrimes domain in literature. Evidence shows that huge financial assets are stolen from the global economy as a result of AFF. Consequently, this paper presents a fraudulent email classifier (FEC) that detects and classifies an email as fraudulent or non-fraudulent using Natural Language Process (NLP) model referred to as Bag-of-Words (BoW). The classifier is designed and trained to detect and classify AFF that originate from known sources using Nigeria as a Case study. Dataset is obtained and used for the training while testing the classifier logs. Experimentally, the classifier was trained using various machine learning algorithms with BoW generated as predictors. By selecting the best algorithms, the classifier was tested and found to perform satisfactorily.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspace, CYBER NIGERIA 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages94-97
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665444095
ISBN (Print)9781665444095
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 May 2021
Event2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspac (CYBER NIGERIA) - Abuja
Duration: 23 Feb 202125 Feb 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspace, CYBER NIGERIA 2020

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspac (CYBER NIGERIA)
CityAbuja
Period23/02/2125/02/21
Other2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspac (CYBER NIGERIA) (23/02/2021-25/02/2021, Abuja)

Keywords

  • Advance Fee Fraud
  • Internet Fraud
  • Machine Learning Bag-of-Words

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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