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The document outlines a project on email spam filtering using machine learning, specifically employing Logistic Regression and TF-IDF for feature extraction. It highlights the importance of automation in distinguishing spam from legitimate emails, achieving approximately 96% accuracy. Future enhancements include advanced NLP techniques and real-time spam detection capabilities.

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Email Spam Filtering Using Machine Learning.1

The document outlines a project on email spam filtering using machine learning, specifically employing Logistic Regression and TF-IDF for feature extraction. It highlights the importance of automation in distinguishing spam from legitimate emails, achieving approximately 96% accuracy. Future enhancements include advanced NLP techniques and real-time spam detection capabilities.

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Email Spam Filtering

Using Machine
Learning

Project Overview Mohammad Afzal


Under guidance of Kavya Jaiswal

Ms. Naina Devi


INTRODUCTION
What is Email Spam Filtering?
Email spam filtering is a technique used to detect and
block unwanted or malicious emails (spam) from entering
a user’s inbox.

Why is it Important?
Helps reduce security risks, enhances productivity, and
prevents exposure to harmful content.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• With the growing amount of emails, distinguishing between legitimate
(not spam) emails and spam is crucial.

NEED FOR AUTOMATION

• Manual email filtering is inefficient, machine learning offers a scalable,


automated solution
TECNOLOGY USED

• Python: Primary programming language for data processing and model training.
• Scikit-learn: For machine learning algorithms (Logistic Regression).
• Natural Language Processing (NLP): Techniques like TF-IDF for text feature extraction.
• Pandas, Numpy: For data handling and manipulation.
• Matplotlib, Seaborn: For data visualization.
• Streamlit: Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for data scientists and AI/ML
engineers to deliver interactive data apps – in only a few lines of code.
BRIEF OF TECHNOLOGY USED

Logistic Regression:
• A supervised learning algorithm for binary classification tasks, predicting whether an
email is spam or ham.
• TF-IDF (Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency)
• A technique used to convert text data into numerical values based on the frequency of
words, helping the machine learning model understand the importance of terms.
METHODOLOGY
Data Collection:
• Email data collected with labels: "spam" or “not spam".
Data Preprocessing:
• Cleaning, handling missing values, and label encoding.
Feature Extraction:
• TF-IDF Vectorizer to convert text into features.
Model Training:
• Logistic Regression model trained on the extracted features.
Model Evaluation:
• Accuracy evaluated on test data.
Prediction:
• The system predicts whether a new email is spam or not
APPLICATION OF SPAM FILTERING

• Personal Use: Automatic filtering of spam in email accounts.


• Enterprise Use: Enhances corporate security by preventing phishing attacks and spam
emails.
• Email Service Providers: Used by Gmail, Outlook, and other email services to reduce
spam for users.
ADVANTAGE
• High Accuracy: Achieved approximately 96% accuracy on training and test data.
• Automation: Reduces manual effort in filtering out spam.
• Scalability: Can handle large volumes of email data.
• Efficiency: Quick predictions using machine learning techniques.
DISADVANTAGES AND LIMITATION

• Limited Feature Extraction:


TF-IDF doesn’t capture word context (e.g., meaning or sequence of words).
• Imbalance Issue:
If the dataset is imbalanced, the model may have biased predictions.
• Static Learning:
The model doesn’t adapt to new types of spam unless retrained periodically.
FUTURE SCOPE
Advanced NLP Techniques:
• Using models like Word2Vec or BERT to better understand the context of emails.
Improved Models:
• Experimenting with Random Forests, SVMs, or deep learning models (e.g., LSTM).
Real-time Spam Detection:
• Deploying the model in real-time email systems for dynamic spam filtering.
Multiclass Classification:
• Extending beyond spam and not spam to detect promotional, social, and update
emails.
TEST CASES
Case 1:
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Case 2:
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charged £5/month Please confirm by replying YES or NO. If you
reply NO you will not be charged.
Case 3:
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Case 4:
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You have been wonderful and a blessing at all times.
CONCLUSION

• The project successfully demonstrated how machine learning can be


applied to email spam filtering.
• Logistic Regression combined with TF-IDF yielded a high-accuracy model.
• The project lays the groundwork for future enhancements, such as using
advanced NLP and deploying the system in real-time environments.
Thank You

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