Weekly analysis - 18th June 2011 to 25th June 2011

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25-Jun-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 18th June 2011 to 25th June 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 18th June 2011 to 25th June 2011

During the week we reported a total of 56 phishing scams

39 or 70% 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)

0.72% Rejected Federal Tax transaction alleged sender Internal Revenue reported 21st June 2011

0.39% CUSTOMER MESSAGE ALERT alleged sender LLOYDS BANK PLC reported 24th June 2011

0.36% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.31% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.29% Online Security Upgrade alleged sender ealert@halifax.co.uk reported 20th June 2011

0.28% Wells Fargo Online Banking and Bill Pay Services alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 10th August 2007

0.25% ACCOUNT REVIEW NOTIFICATION alleged sender LLOYDS BANK PLC reported 18th June 2011

0.23% WellsFargo Official Alert alleged sender wells Fargo Online reported 19th June 2011

0.23% Access to your accounts has been blocked alleged sender America Online (AOL) reported 19th June 2011

0.21% Alert - Banking Access Suspention! alleged sender HSBC reported 20th June 2011

0.21% Please update your Westpac AMEX contact details alleged sender Westpac Banking Security reported 19th June 2011

0.21% NEW MESSAGE alleged sender NatWest PLC reported 20th June 2011

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
LLOYDS	15
BANK	14
HALIFAX	9
TSB	9
PLC	6
ONLINE	4
BANKING	4
HSBC	3
REVENUE	3
NATWEST	3
AOLACCOUNT	2
INTERNAL	2

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SECURITY	15
YOUR	14
ACCOUNT	12
MESSAGE	11
ONLINE	10
LLOYDS	7
NEW	7
***	6
ALERT	6
IMPORTANT	6
TSB	6
CUSTOMER	5

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	43
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	5
ITALY	2
BRAZIL	2
BULGARIA	1
ROMANIA	1
TAIWAN	1
(PRIVATE ADDRESS)	1

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