https://github.com/s0lst1c3/benfords-law

Fraud detection script in homage of the methods used by the IRS
https://github.com/s0lst1c3/benfords-law

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Fraud detection script in homage of the methods used by the IRS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/s0lst1c3/benfords-law
• Owner: s0lst1c3
• Created: 2013-11-03T03:57:06.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-11-03T05:58:24.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-15T00:43:26.709Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 102 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Benfords Law

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A lightweight interpretation of the Benford's Law Fraud detection script

used by the IRS.

Description

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This python script uses Benford's Law to search for signs of

check fraud in a list of account files. To use the script, simply place

benford.py in a directory with multiple .txt files containing checking

account numbers, then run the script.

The script will read in each of the .txt files before using Benford's

Law to determine which files contain the fake account numbers.

More info on Benfords Law

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law