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Can you please recommend good reads on statistical analysis related to online fraud detection and prevention of account abuse?

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i think this goes into the statsexchange forum, not here. – Vytautas Jul 1 '11 at 9:04
I think you should be more specific or this question may well be closed because it's off topic. – SRKX♦ Jul 1 '11 at 9:05
I'm not sure what fraud prevention has to do with Quantitative Finance. – chrisaycock♦ Jul 2 '11 at 3:36

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Technically, this isn't fraud, but it should be. It's definitely account abuse.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/03/business/la-fi-amateur-currency-trading-20110403

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/02/80866/the-100bn-fx-hustle/

The sad part is, even after being shown this kind of information, I have watched several retail "traders" lose their ass on this crap.

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good old bucketshops – pyCthon 2 days ago

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