Research Article

Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum

Volume: 16 Number: 3 August 31, 2025
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Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum

Abstract

The accelerated adoption of mobile money systems has significantly increased fraudulent activity, compromising their security and trustworthiness. This research presents an enhanced method for detecting mobile money fraud by modifying a CNN-BiLSTM model with momentum using Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD). We computed salient features from transaction data using a pre-processed hybrid CNN-BiLSTM model and trained the model to identify trends in the data that included geographical and temporal aspects. The model performed remarkably using industry-standard testing approaches: an F1 score of0.9928, precision of 0.9927, accuracy of 0.9928, and recall of 0.9929. The proposed model can identify dishonesty and has a low false positive rate. According to the study, the model improves feature selection and incorporates various optimization techniques, making it more flexible and suitable for different mobile money systems.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Computer Forensics, Artificial Intelligence (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2025

Submission Date

February 10, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 2, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 3

APA
Yussif, N., Takyi, K., Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, R.- mary, & Israel Boadu-acheampong, S. (2025). Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology, 16(3), 207-231. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x
AMA
1.Yussif N, Takyi K, Owusuaa Mensah Gyening R mary, Israel Boadu-acheampong S. Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2025;16(3):207-231. doi:10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x
Chicago
Yussif, Niamatu, Kate Takyi, Rose-mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, and Samuelson Israel Boadu-acheampong. 2025. “Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD With Momentum”. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology 16 (3): 207-31. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x.
EndNote
Yussif N, Takyi K, Owusuaa Mensah Gyening R- mary, Israel Boadu-acheampong S (August 1, 2025) Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 16 3 207–231.
IEEE
[1]N. Yussif, K. Takyi, R.- mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, and S. Israel Boadu-acheampong, “Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum”, AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 207–231, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x.
ISNAD
Yussif, Niamatu - Takyi, Kate - Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Rose-mary - Israel Boadu-acheampong, Samuelson. “Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD With Momentum”. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 16/3 (August 1, 2025): 207-231. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x.
JAMA
1.Yussif N, Takyi K, Owusuaa Mensah Gyening R- mary, Israel Boadu-acheampong S. Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2025;16:207–231.
MLA
Yussif, Niamatu, et al. “Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD With Momentum”. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology, vol. 16, no. 3, Aug. 2025, pp. 207-31, doi:10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x.
Vancouver
1.Niamatu Yussif, Kate Takyi, Rose-mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Samuelson Israel Boadu-acheampong. Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2025 Aug. 1;16(3):207-31. doi:10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x