Weekly analysis - 14th May 2011 to 21st May 2011

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21-May-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 14th May 2011 to 21st May 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 14th May 2011 to 21st May 2011

During the week we reported a total of 59 phishing scams

51 or 86% 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)

0.41% HM Revenue &customs Tax refund Notification. alleged sender Microsoft reported 18th May 2011

0.28% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.23% NatWest Bank Online Banking Account Security Alert alleged sender Natwest reported 15th May 2011

0.23% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.21% RE: POWER WHEELCHAIR: NEVER USED-INVACARE PRONTO M6 - $2400 (TAMPA-33619) DATE: 2011-04-16, 5:20PM EDT REPLY alleged sender Lisa Bennett reported 17th May 2011

0.21% NatWest Online Banking Account Security Alert alleged sender NatWest Bank plc reported 14th May 2011

0.21% [Hotmail alert : E-mail account sean-pee@hotmail.co.uk] alleged sender Hotmail reported 23rd July 2010

0.21% You have changed your PayPal email address alleged sender PayPal reported 15th May 2011

0.21% Confirm Your Account Information alleged sender Lloydstsb Internet reported 14th May 2011

0.19% Online Security upgrade now fully implemented alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 15th May 2011

0.19% Re-Activate Your PayPal ! alleged sender PayPal reported 16th May 2011

0.18% NatWest Online Banking - Online Banking Access Expiry alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 17th May 2011

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	15
LLOYDS	9
TSB	6
NATWEST	5
BANKING	5
PAYPAL	5
EGG	5
ONLINE	5
NATIONAL	4
MICROSOFT	4
WESTMINSTER	4
PLC	4

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	22
YOUR	20
ONLINE	12
SECURITY	10
BANKING	9
NOTIFICATION	6
BANK	6
MESSAGE	6
BEEN	5
UPDATE	5
NEW	5
IMPORTANT	5

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	31
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	9
UNITED KINGDOM	3
HUNGARY	3
ITALY	2
DENMARK	2
CHINA	2
CANADA	1
POLAND	1
GERMANY	1
CYPRUS	1
FRANCE	1

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