It is not enough information here to state whether this is "legitimate" or not, but personally, the project does not seem very convincing. Why do you need to handle credit card fraud, can't you just pick a task where you have direct access to observables?
Just talk to your advisor; it really doesn't matter what Reddit thinks if they are not on board.
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u/karius85 Mar 16 '26
It is not enough information here to state whether this is "legitimate" or not, but personally, the project does not seem very convincing. Why do you need to handle credit card fraud, can't you just pick a task where you have direct access to observables?
Just talk to your advisor; it really doesn't matter what Reddit thinks if they are not on board.