Fraudulent message detection

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2003-10-02

2008-11-11

Revak, Christopher A (Department: 2131)

Information security

Monitoring or scanning of software or data including attack...

Intrusion detection

C709S206000

Reexamination Certificate

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07451487

ABSTRACT:
A technique for classifying a message is disclosed. In some embodiments, the technique comprises extracting a plurality of reference points, classifying the plurality of reference points, and detecting that the message is a phish message based on the classified reference points. In some embodiments, the technique comprises identifying a plurality of fraud indicators in the message, applying a statistical analysis on the plurality of fraud indicators; and determining whether the message is a fraudulent message based on the analysis.

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