Weekly analysis - 19th March 2011 to 26th March 2011

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26-Mar-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th March 2011 to 26th March 2011

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Over the last week MillerSmiles has received many scams from the public and through its HoneyTrap scam detection system. Below we provide an analysis of the scams we have received for the week of 19th March 2011 to 26th March 2011


During the week we reported a total of 67 phishing scams

59 or 88% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

The 12 most popular scams as defined by search engine visits to our archive of scams we reported this week and in previous weeks were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.39% Security and Privacy: Stay Safe Online, Find Out More! alleged sender Cahoot reported 9th March 2011

0.34% YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. alleged sender Chase reported 21st March 2011

0.29% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.27% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.25% Keep Your Lloyds TSB Account Safe. alleged sender Lloyds reported 22nd March 2011

0.25% Austin White just paid you through PayPal ! alleged sender lakesyde01@gmail.com lakesyde0 reported 22nd March 2011

0.25% PayPal - Account maintenance and verification alleged sender PayPal reported 19th March 2011

0.25% Your Account Will Be Disabled alleged sender Facebook reported 22nd March 2011

0.25% INTERNET BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 21st March 2011

0.25% FROM NEW-YORK CITY BRANCH BANK OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL WIRE TRANSFER alleged sender Princess Anita reported 21st March 2011

0.25% BB&T Alert: OnLine Account Locked! alleged sender BB&T OnLine reported 21st March 2011

0.24% UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNER - PLS CLAIM NOW alleged sender FINAL NOTICE reported 21st March 2011

 

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	25
HALIFAX	11
PLC	10
LLOYDS	8
DIRECT	7
FIRST	7
TSB	6
NATWEST	5
PAYPAL	4
SCOTLAND	4
HSBC	3
ONLINE	3

 

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	25
YOUR	21
CUSTOMER	10
UPDATE	10
ONLINE	7
HALIFAX	7
NEW	7
NOW	6
MESSAGE	6
HAS	6
THE	6
BEEN	5

 

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	1

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