Fraud Detection Model for Illegal Transactions

Authors

  • Musibau Adekunle Ibrahim Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
  • Patrick Ozoh Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
  • Oladotun Ayotunde Ojo Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33736/jcsi.6449.2024

Keywords:

Confusion Matrix, Financial Transaction, Credit Card, Fraud Detection, Machine Learning

Abstract

Due to advancements in network technologies, digital security is becoming a top priority worldwide.  This project aims to study how machine learning classifier such as random forest could be used to learn patterns in fraudulent and legitimate transactions in order to detect fraudulent transactions using Python programming language on Jupyter notebook as an Integrated Development Environment. Scikit-learn was used to develop algorithm, streamlit and heroku platforms for proper and efficient detection and classification of unauthorized transactions. This was incorporated into a web application that allows users to upload data that can be analyzed by the system to detect fraud. The Classification report and Confusion matrix have been used to evaluate each model’s accuracy. Random forest as a classifier model gave an accuracy of 99.95%. At the end of this study, a web-based application has been developed to upload data and detect fraudulent in online based transactions.

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Published

2024-03-11

How to Cite

Ibrahim, M. A., Ozoh, P., & Ojo, O. A. (2024). Fraud Detection Model for Illegal Transactions. Journal of Computing and Social Informatics, 3(1), 8–17. https://doi.org/10.33736/jcsi.6449.2024