AI-Powered Scam Detection

{
  "id": "scam_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "content_type": "text",
  "is_scam": true,
  "scam_type": "advance_fee",
  "severity": "high",
  "confidence": 0.97,
  "risk_score": 94,
  "intent": "Financial fraud - trick victim into sending bank details for fake lottery winnings",
  "manipulation": "Creates false urgency with time pressure ('expires in 24 hours') and appeals to greed with unrealistic prize amount",
  "entities": {
    "monetary_amounts": ["$1,000,000"],
    "organizations": ["International Lottery"],
    "requested_info": ["bank details"]
  },
  "indicators": [
    "Unsolicited lottery/prize notification",
    "Request for financial information",
    "Artificial urgency and time pressure",
    "Unrealistic monetary reward",
    "No prior participation in any lottery"
  ],
  "pattern_matches": [
    "advance_fee_lottery",
    "urgency_pressure",
    "financial_data_request"
  ],
  "explanation": "This message exhibits classic advance fee fraud characteristics. It claims the recipient won a lottery they never entered, requests sensitive bank details, and creates artificial urgency to prevent the victim from thinking critically.",
  "detailed_reason": "The message matches multiple high-confidence scam patterns: (1) unsolicited prize notification without any prior contest entry, (2) request for bank account details which is never required for legitimate prize claims, (3) artificial time constraint designed to bypass rational decision-making.",
  "red_flags": [
    "You cannot win a lottery you never entered",
    "Legitimate lotteries never ask for bank details via email",
    "The 24-hour deadline is designed to create panic and prevent verification",
    "The prize amount is unrealistically large",
    "No specific lottery organization name or verifiable details provided"
  ],
  "recommendation": "Do not respond. Delete this message immediately. Never share bank details, personal information, or send money to claim a 'prize'.",
  "safety_tips": [
    "Legitimate lotteries never contact winners unsolicited",
    "Never share bank details in response to unsolicited messages",
    "If you did not enter a lottery, you cannot have won one",
    "Verify any prize claims directly through official channels",
    "Report scam messages to your email provider and local authorities"
  ],
  "similar_scams": [
    "Nigerian Prince / 419 scam",
    "Foreign lottery scam",
    "Inheritance notification scam"
  ],
  "timestamp": "2026-02-08T10:30:00Z",
  "processing_time": 1250,
  "analysis_method": "hybrid"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "content field is required when content_type is text"
  }
}

[
  {
    "id": "scam_batch_001",
    "content_type": "text",
    "is_scam": true,
    "scam_type": "phishing",
    "severity": "high",
    "confidence": 0.93,
    "risk_score": 89,
    "explanation": "Classic prize/giveaway scam designed to harvest personal information.",
    "red_flags": ["Unsolicited prize notification", "Generic claim language"],
    "recommendation": "Ignore and delete.",
    "analysis_method": "hybrid",
    "timestamp": "2026-02-08T10:35:01Z",
    "processing_time": 800
  },
  {
    "id": "scam_batch_002",
    "content_type": "url",
    "is_scam": true,
    "scam_type": "phishing",
    "severity": "high",
    "confidence": 0.96,
    "risk_score": 95,
    "explanation": "URL leads to a phishing page designed to harvest personal data under the guise of a free giveaway.",
    "red_flags": ["Suspicious domain name", "Recently registered domain", "No HTTPS certificate match"],
    "recommendation": "Do not visit this URL. Block the domain.",
    "analysis_method": "hybrid",
    "timestamp": "2026-02-08T10:35:01Z",
    "processing_time": 1200
  },
  {
    "id": "scam_batch_003",
    "content_type": "phone",
    "is_scam": true,
    "scam_type": "tech_support",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.74,
    "risk_score": 68,
    "explanation": "Premium-rate phone number (900 prefix) associated with scam reports.",
    "red_flags": ["Premium-rate number", "Multiple scam reports"],
    "recommendation": "Do not call this number. Block it.",
    "analysis_method": "pattern",
    "timestamp": "2026-02-08T10:35:02Z",
    "processing_time": 350
  }
]