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Risk assessment using social networking data

  • US 10,542,032 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2019
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for calculating a risk score for a user account, the method comprising:

  • (a) calculating, by an electronic processor of a computer system, a user score by comparing profile data of a first user account to at least one reference profile model associated with at least one online network, the at least one reference profile model including a fake profile;

    (b) calculating, by the processor, a connections score in response to detecting at least one social connection, within the at least one online network, between the first user account and at least a second user account;

    (c) calculating, via the processor, a risk score for the first user account based on the calculated user score and the calculated connections score; and

    (d) generating, by the processor, an alert based on the risk score.

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