Pilot Project & College Participation

College participation in the fight to prevent and combat fraud against fraud is critical to the overall success of the campaign.

Spam Filter Pilot

Top 4 colleges attacked by fraud
Data used in deep dive analysis
Identified trends for the model
Provide insight on motivation
Submitting bad apps monthly
Participating in ongoing research

College Participation

Participation from ALL colleges is critical to success of model

Regular monitoring of spam filter
Making determination of fraud status
Support continuous learning of model

Understand the motivations of spammers

Out for financial gain

As a system, we can change how we think about cyber crime and fraudulent applications in a way that contributes positively to finding a solution, rather than shutting down the conversation out of fear.

Submitting Fraud Applications for Research

Must be in the required format
Send other info in a separate file.

Item: Confirmation # of suspected bad apps.
File Format: TXT File
Naming Convention: CollegeMISCode_Fraud_mmddyy.txt

Confirmation numbers ONLY

One (1) confirmation number per line in .txt file

Best Practices

Review onboarding processes and auto-response emails
Educate staff to identify fraud patterns & trends
Ensure applicants are legitimate students before issuing .edu email addresses
Remove ways for spammers to get into our system

Under-development

Final phase of web service API and prediction service
User interface integration into Administrator
CCCApply Administrator system upgrade
Enhancing Download Client for fraud status flag

Future Enhancements

Email notifications to colleges to monitor filter
Filter interface adjustments

CCCApply Public Documentation