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Detecting dating profile fraud. [Research Saturday]

Aug 17, 2019 · 27 min · Season 3 · Episode 98
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Researchers from King’s College London, University of Bristol, Boston University, and University of Melbourne recently collaborated to publish a report titled, "Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud." The research outlines techniques to analyze and identify fraudulent online dating profiles with a high degree of accuracy.


Professor Awais Rashid is one of the report's authors, and he joins us to share their findings.

The original research can be found here:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.12593.pdf