Imposter account report management in a social networking system

摘要

Imposter account reports received by a social networking system are put into a report management process that routes the reports into other handling processes based upon the comparison of the probability of fraud in an alleged imposter account versus the probability of fraud in an alleged authentic account. The account determined to be most probably fraudulent is enrolled in an account verification process. In the account verification process, the account-holder is asked to verify their identity automatically. If the automatic verification fails to verify the identity of the account-holder, a manual process for verification is initiated.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a report from a reporting user of a social networking system, the report identifying an alleged imposter account in the social networking system; calculating a first fraud probability measure based on social data, the first fraud probability measure comprising a measure of the probability that the alleged imposter account is fraudulent; calculating a second fraud probability measure based on social data, the second fraud probability measure comprising a measure of the probability that an alleged authentic account is fraudulent; comparing, by a processor, the first fraud probability measure to the second fraud probability measure; and responsive to the first fraud probability measure being greater than the second fraud probability measure and greater than a minimum fraud probability threshold value, enrolling the alleged imposter account in an account verification process.