A novel framework for SMS spam filtering

Abstract

A novel framework for SMS spam filtering is introduced in this paper to prevent mobile phone users from unsolicited SMS messages. The framework makes use of two distinct feature selection approaches based on information gain and chi-square metrics to find out discriminative features representing SMS messages. The discriminative feature subsets are then employed in two different Bayesian-based classifiers, so that SMS messages are categorized as either spam or legitimate. Moreover, the paper introduces a real-time mobile application for Android™ based mobile phones utilizing the proposed spam filtering scheme, as well. Hence, SMS spam messages are silently filtered out without disturbing phone users. Effectiveness of the filtering framework is evaluated on a large SMS message collection including legitimate and spam messages. Following the evaluation, remarkably accurate classification results are obtained for both spam and legitimate messages