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---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
tags:
- nigeria
- banking
- finance
- fraud-detection
- synthetic
- african-data
language:
- en
size_categories:
- 1M<n<10M
---
# Web Banking Sessions
## Dataset Description
Nigerian web banking sessions with session hijacking fraud labels
This is a **production-grade synthetic dataset** with authentic Nigerian banking context, designed for web fraud detection, phishing detection, and browser-based threat monitoring.
### Key Features
- πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ **Nigerian Context**: Real bank names, states, demographics
- πŸ“Š **ML-Ready Labels**: Fraud flag (0.8% prevalence)
- ⚑ **Large Scale**: 3,000,000 rows
- 🎯 **Realistic Distributions**: Lognormal session durations, browser distributions, hourly patterns
- πŸ“… **Temporal Coverage**: 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
## Dataset Structure
### Splits
- **Train**: 2,100,000 rows (70%)
- **Validation**: 450,000 rows (15%)
- **Test**: 450,000 rows (15%)
### Schema
**Key columns**: session_id, session_start/end, customer_id, account_id, device_id, browser, browser_version, session_duration_seconds, actions_count, transactions_count, login_method, state, ip_address, session_status, fraud_flag
## Usage
```python
from datasets import load_dataset
# Load full dataset
dataset = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/nigerian_web_banking_sessions")
# Load specific split
train_data = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/nigerian_web_banking_sessions", split="train")
```
## Labels
- **Type**: Fraud flag (0.8% prevalence)
- **Use Case**: web fraud detection, phishing detection, and browser-based threat monitoring
## Nigerian Context
Nigerian web banking patterns, browser distribution (Chrome 55%, Safari 20%, Firefox 15%), typical session behaviors, and fraud patterns including credential stuffing and session replay.
## Citation
```bibtex
@dataset{nigerian_banking_web_banking_sessions,
title = {Nigerian Web Banking Sessions},
author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
year = {2025},
publisher = {Hugging Face},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_web_banking_sessions}}
}
```
## License
Apache 2.0 - Free for commercial and research use.
## Contact
- **Organization**: Electric Sheep Africa
- **Collection**: [Nigeria Banking & Finance Datasets](https://huggingface.co/collections/electricsheepafrica/nigeria-banking)