Fraud Detection with Machine Learning
Free Advanced course · 10 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Build payment and account-fraud models that handle extreme class imbalance and adapting attackers. Across 10 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- How fraud patterns evolve
- Labels, chargebacks and delays
- Velocity and behavioural features
- Handling extreme imbalance
- Gradient boosting for fraud
- Graph signals for fraud rings
Skills you'll pick up
- How fraud patterns evolve
- Labels, chargebacks and delays
- Velocity and behavioural featu
- Handling extreme imbalance
- Gradient boosting for fraud
- Graph signals for fraud rings
Tools covered
- Fraud Detection
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: How fraud patterns evolve
Module 1 of Fraud Detection with Machine Learning. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Handling extreme imbalance
Module 2 of Fraud Detection with Machine Learning. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Cost-sensitive thresholds
Module 3 of Fraud Detection with Machine Learning. 2 lessons · 2h
Module 4: Human review queues
Module 4 of Fraud Detection with Machine Learning. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- How fraud patterns evolve
- Labels, chargebacks and delays
- Velocity and behavioural features
- Handling extreme imbalance
- Gradient boosting for fraud
- Graph signals for fraud rings
- Cost-sensitive thresholds
- Real-time scoring constraints
- Human review queues
- Measuring fraud loss saved
Instructor
Tomás Herrera — Staff Data Scientist
Tomás Herrera is a Staff Data Scientist with years of hands-on experience teaching Fraud Detection to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Fraud Detection with Machine Learning. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $155,000 per year · median India salary ₹21,70,000 per year · 54,570 open roles worldwide
- Fraud Detection Specialist
- Senior Fraud Detection Lead
- Fraud Detection Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Fraud Detection with Machine Learning course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Fraud Detection with Machine Learning, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Fraud Detection with Machine Learning take?
10 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.