A Case Study on Fraudulent User Behaviors in the Telecommunication Network

In the telecommunications industry, fraud is quite common and fraud detection is similar to looking for a needle in the haystack. In this article, the behavior types of the fraudsters are revealed through a case study and ten types of fraudulent user behaviors are identified by using examples and figures.

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