Weekly analysis - 16th April 2011 to 23rd April 2011

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23-Apr-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 16th April 2011 to 23rd April 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 16th April 2011 to 23rd April 2011

During the week we reported a total of 58 phishing scams

43 or 74% 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)

0.84% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.73% You have 1 Unread Message. alleged sender TD WATERHOUSE reported 10th April 2011

0.51% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.37% 1 New Message alleged sender TD Waterhouse reported 10th April 2011

0.29% RECEIPT FOR YOUR PAYMENT TO SALES@SKYPE.COM alleged sender PayPal reported 18th April 2011

0.28% Your Trading Account Summary alleged sender Microsoft reported 5th April 2011

0.27% your enhanced account statement is here alleged sender help_desk@halifax.co.uk reported 18th April 2011

0.26% IMPORTANT ERROR MESSAGE IN YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 18th April 2011

0.25% CHASE ONLINE BANKING ALERT alleged sender Chase reported 15th April 2011

0.25% Welcome to Halifax New Security Online Banking Page alleged sender HALIFAX BANK OF SCOTLAND. reported 18th April 2011

0.25% Important: Your HSBC Account is locked . Action Required alleged sender HSBC reported 19th April 2011

0.24% Account Summary Statement. alleged sender TD WATERHOUSE reported 18th April 2011

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

Keyword Frequency

BANK 16
LLOYDS 10
TSB 8
HSBC 8
HALIFAX 5
WATERHOUSE 5
MICROSOFT 3
CHASE 3
PLC 3
AMERICA 2
FIRST 2

CUSTOMER 2

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 28
YOUR 23
NEW 10
ONLINE 7
HAVE 6
SECURITY 6
UPDATE 6
BANKING 6
MESSAGE 5
THE 5
HALIFAX 5

YOU 5

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 29
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?) 5
GERMANY 3
UNITED KINGDOM 3
AUSTRALIA 2
BRAZIL 2
NETHERLANDS 2
CANADA 2
CHILE 1
EUROPEAN UNION 1
FRANCE 1

VIET NAM 1

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