Patent ID: 8413234
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of detecting fraud, the method comprising: initializing a fraud hypothesis variable associated with a communications device; receiving data that describes a plurality of outgoing communication records that are associated with said communications device, wherein the data is related to activity that took place over a given period of time; extracting a plurality of destination identifiers from said plurality of communication records; for each destination identifier of a portion of said plurality of destination identifiers, obtaining a fraud metric associated with the destination identifier, wherein the fraud metric is based at least in part on an amount of fraudulent communications associated with the destination identifier; for each destination identifier of the portion of said plurality of destination identifiers, modifying said fraud hypothesis variable associated with the communications device based on the fraud metric associated with said destination identifier; comparing said fraud hypothesis variable to a first predetermined threshold; and when said fraud hypothesis variable exceeds said first predetermined threshold, generating a fraud indication that is related to said communications device.