Patent ID: 8326751

Claim:
A fraud detection processor-implemented method, comprising: receiving information regarding a virtual currency transaction including a user identifier of a user associated with the virtual currency transaction; calculating, via a processor, a potential fraud event threshold score for the user, to set a level of tolerance for virtual currency transaction before the virtual currency transaction is flagged as potentially fraudulent; calculating, via the processor, a virtual currency transaction fraud score by analyzing at least a social graph of the user and prior game play patterns of the user, wherein the social graph of the user identifies interrelationships and interactions between the user and other users participating in the virtual currency transaction, over time; determining, via the processor, that the virtual currency transaction fraud score exceeds the potential fraud event threshold score for the user; identifying the virtual currency transaction as potentially fraudulent as a result of the determination; and tracking the virtual currency transaction that is identified as potentially fraudulent using a batch of tagged virtual currency.