AI-Powered Risk and Fraud Detection
Use machine learning and analytics to detect fraud and anomalies earlier, and run a data-driven fraud risk programme.
- 3 days
- Classroom · Live virtual · In-house
- Afriskora Certificate of Completion
Course overview
Fraudsters use technology, so detection must too. This course shows risk, audit and fraud professionals how analytics and machine learning detect anomalies in payments, procurement, payroll and claims, how to build fraud detection rules and models, manage alerts and false positives, and combine technology with investigation skills. It also covers AI-enabled fraud such as deepfakes and synthetic identities.
Who should attend
- Fraud and forensic investigators
- Internal auditors and risk managers
- Compliance and AML officers
- Finance and payments managers
What you will be able to do
- Identify fraud schemes that analytics can detect
- Apply rules, anomaly detection and machine learning
- Manage alerts, thresholds and false positives
- Recognise AI-enabled fraud and deepfakes
- Build a data-driven fraud risk programme
Course outline
Module 1Fraud analytics foundations
- • Fraud risk assessment
- • Data sources
- • Red-flag rules
- • Benford's law and duplicate testing
Module 2Machine learning for fraud
- • Anomaly detection
- • Supervised fraud models
- • Network and link analysis
- • Alert management
Module 3New threats and programme
- • Deepfakes and synthetic identities
- • Cybersecurity basics for fraud teams
- • Investigation workflow
- • Fraud programme roadmap
Frequently asked questions
How long is the AI-Powered Risk and Fraud Detection course?
The course runs for 3 days. Daily start and finish times are confirmed in your joining instructions. Live virtual sessions cover the same programme.
Do I receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant who completes the course receives an Afriskora Certificate of Completion with a unique code that employers can verify online.
Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. We can run it at your premises or online for your team, on dates that suit you, and adapt examples and case studies to your sector.
How do I book and pay?
Request dates and we'll send available sessions and a quote. Bookings are confirmed by invoice and paid by EFT. South African clients can include the course in their Workplace Skills Plan.
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