Towards Algorithmic Identification of Online Scams

EMH Badawi - 2021 - ruor.uottawa.ca
In “web-based scams”, scam websites provide fraudulent business or fake services to steal
money and sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. Despite the researchers' efforts …

Web Scams Detection System

E Badawi, GV Jourdan, IV Onut - … on Foundations and Practice of Security, 2023 - Springer
Web-based scams rely on scam websites to provide fraudulent business or fake services to
steal money and sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. Despite many researchers' …

Scamdog Millionaire: Detecting E-commerce Scams in the Wild

P Kotzias, K Roundy, M Pachilakis… - Proceedings of the 39th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The Better Business Bureau ranked online e-commerce scams as the top consumer threat
for 2022. Our measurements of real consumer devices confirm that e-commerce scams …

An automatic detection and analysis of the bitcoin generator scam

E Badawi, GV Jourdan, G Bochmann… - 2020 IEEE european …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate what we call the" Bitcoin Generator Scam"(BGS), a simple system in which
the scammers promise to" generate" new bitcoins using the ones that were sent to them. A …

[HTML][HTML] The “bitcoin generator” scam

E Badawi, GV Jourdan, IV Onut - Blockchain: Research and Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The “Bitcoin Generator Scam”(BGS) is a cyberattack in which scammers promise to
provide victims with free cryptocurrencies in exchange for a small mining fee. In this paper …

Understanding and Characterizing Cryptocurrency Free Giveaway and Arbitrage Bot Scams In the Wild

K Li, D Lee, S Guan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.10634, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a large-scale analysis of two prevalent cryptocurrency scams
disseminated through Twitter and YouTube. The first scam involves free giveaway schemes …

Automatic detection and analysis of the “Game Hack” Scam

E Badawi, GV Jourdan, G Bochmann… - Journal of Web …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The “Game Hack” Scam (GHS) is a mostly unreported cyberattack in which attackers attempt
to convince victims that they will be provided with free, unlimited “resources” or other …

[PDF][PDF] Blockchain: Research and Applications

E Badawi, GV Jourdan, IV Onut - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT The “Bitcoin Generator Scam”(BGS) is a cyberattack in which scammers
promise to provide victims with free cryptocurrencies in exchange for a small mining fee. In …

Towards understanding and characterizing the arbitrage bot scam in the wild

K Li, S Guan, D Lee - Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents the first comprehensive analysis of an emerging cryptocurrency scam
named" arbitrage bot" disseminated on online social networks. The scam revolves around …

Towards understanding and characterizing the arbitrage bot scam in the wild

K Li, S Guan, D Lee - ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents the first comprehensive analysis of an emerging cryptocurrency scam
named" arbitrage bot" disseminated on online social networks. The scam revolves around …