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CAREER: Leveraging Scambaiting Community Knowledge to Defend Against Interactive Social En — NSF Award to Louisiana State Universi

Online scams increasingly rely on sustained, real-time conversations in which attackers manipulate victims through multiple communication channels. These interactive scams cause billions of dollars in losses each year. However, effective detection systems are difficult to build because little data exists about how thes

Award titleCAREER: Leveraging Scambaiting Community Knowledge to Defend Against Interactive Social En
Award ID2544625
AwardeeLouisiana State University
CityBATON ROUGE
StateLA
Amount obligated$388,063
Principal investigatorKrishna Phani Vadrevu
ProgramSecure &Trustworthy Cyberspace
Start date05/15/2026
AbstractOnline scams increasingly rely on sustained, real-time conversations in which attackers manipulate victims through multiple communication channels. These interactive scams cause billions of dollars in losses each year. However, effective detection systems are difficult to build because little data exists about how these conversations unfold. The interactions typically occur privately between attackers and victims, making them difficult for researchers to analyze. One of the project’s novelties i
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