Fraud Detection & Online Abuse

About this course

A practical course on the fraud and abuse patterns that AbuseOne researchers encounter every day. You will study how phishing, investment scams, marketplace fraud and account takeover operate, the signals that reveal them, and how to build cases that platforms, banks and authorities can act on.

What you will learn

• Describe the lifecycle of common online scams
• Identify technical and behavioural fraud signals
• Investigate phishing kits, scam sites and mule networks
• Assess impact and prioritise cases
• Report abuse effectively to platforms, registrars and authorities

Curriculum

Lesson content is being written and reviewed. Lessons unlock as they are published.

1. Module 1 · 55 min

   The fraud landscape

   Who commits online fraud, why, and how the ecosystem is organised.

   1. Fraud economics and actorsComing soon
   2. Scam typologiesComing soon
   3. Module 1 knowledge checkComing soon

2. Module 2 · 1 h

   Phishing and impersonation

   Brand impersonation, credential phishing and phishing kits.

   1. Anatomy of a phishing campaignComing soon
   2. Analysing phishing kitsComing soon
   3. Module 2 knowledge checkComing soon

3. Module 3 · 1 h 15 min

   Investment, marketplace and romance scams

   Long-con fraud and the money flows behind it.

   1. Investment and crypto scamsComing soon
   2. Marketplace and payment fraudComing soon
   3. Money mules and cash-outComing soon
   4. Module 3 knowledge checkComing soon

4. Module 4 · 50 min

   Account abuse

   Account takeover, fake accounts and automated abuse.

   1. Account takeover techniquesComing soon
   2. Fake account and bot detectionComing soon
   3. Module 4 knowledge checkComing soon

5. Module 5 · 1 h

   Building and reporting cases

   Turning signals into cases that lead to action.

   1. Prioritising and scoring casesComing soon
   2. Reporting to platforms and authoritiesComing soon
   3. Final assessmentComing soon