Weekly analysis - 21st May 2011 to 28th May 2011

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28-May-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 21st May 2011 to 28th 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 21st May 2011 to 28th May 2011


During the week we reported a total of 64 phishing scams

46 or 72% 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)

0.53% HM Revenue &customs Tax refund Notification. alleged sender Microsoft reported 18th May 2011

0.31% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.25% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.24% UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION AWARD OF VICTIMS WORLD WIDE. alleged sender UNITED NATION SCAM VICTIMS PRO reported 21st May 2011

0.23% WESTERN UNION: UPDATED PROFILE alleged sender Western Union reported 21st May 2011

0.22% LLOYDSTSB. [SYSTEM ALERT!] alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 24th May 2011

0.2% DEAR BELOVED, I WILL NEVER CONTACT ANY BODY UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender MISS NICHOLA BUD reported 22nd May 2011

0.18% RECEIPT FOR YOUR PAYMENT TO SALES@SKYPE.COM alleged sender PayPal reported 18th April 2011

0.18% WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER alleged sender WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER reported 24th May 2011

0.17% AOL Security Update alleged sender AOL-Request reported 24th May 2011

0.17% Bank of America Alert : Activate Your Online Access. alleged sender Bank Of America reported 17th December 2009

0.17% PayPal - Important ! alleged sender PayPal reported 25th May 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	18
TSB	13
LLOYDS	13
WESTMINSTER	6
NATIONAL	6
NATWEST	5
PAYPAL	5
PLC	5
MICROSOFT	3
WESTERN	3
CHASE	3
HALIFAX	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	21
YOUR	17
ONLINE	15
BANKING	9
SECURITY	8
MESSAGE	8
NEW	8
UPDATE	8
LLOYDS	7
TSB	7
FROM	7
YOU	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	31
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	9
CANADA	5
BAHRAIN	2
TURKEY	2
PHILIPPINES	2
FRANCE	2
CHINA	1
SPAIN	1
(PRIVATE ADDRESS)	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
SINGAPORE	1

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