Weekly analysis - 31st December 2011 to 7th January 2012

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07-Jan-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 31st December 2011 to 7th January 2012

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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 31st December 2011 to 7th January 2012


During the week we reported a total of 37 phishing scams

28 or 76% 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)

0.15% NOTIFICATION OF ONWARD CREDITING FROM MELLISA LEWIS ACCOUNT... alleged sender Bank Plc. reported 1st January 2012

0.15% Limited Account Access alleged sender Western Union reported 1st January 2012

0.15% You have changed your PayPal email address alleged sender PAYPAL reported 1st January 2012

0.13% LITTLEWOODS ACCOUT BONUS alleged sender LITTLEWOODS reported 2nd January 2012

0.13% Important Message From Customer Service alleged sender Santander reported 3rd January 2012

0.12% Santander Online Service : Your Document Has Arrived alleged sender Santander UK reported 4th January 2012

0.12% 1 New Message. alleged sender Santander Bank reported 4th January 2012

0.11% Problem with login : PAYP00129. alleged sender paypal reported 31st December 2011

0.11% Alert - Access suspended alleged sender HSBCUK reported 31st December 2011

0.11% Your Amazon.com order of "Beats Solo by Dr. Dre On-Ear Headphones with ControlTalk (Black)" has shipped! alleged sender Erick Holloway reported 31st December 2011

0.11% Account Verification alleged sender Btinternet.com,Center reported 4th January 2012

0.1% Customers Notifications Account alleged sender Santander e-Banking reported 3rd January 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SANTANDER	13
ONLINE	7
BANK	7
BANKING	6
MICROSOFT	3
PLC.	2
ABBEY	2
PLC	2
WESTERN	2
UNION	2
NATIONAL	1
LIMITED	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	14
YOUR	10
ONLINE	9
SANTANDER	7
NEW	5
MESSAGE	4
BANKING	4
SERVICE	4
IMPORTANT	4
SECURITY	3
BANK	3
ALERT	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	17
UNITED KINGDOM	3
FRANCE	3
GERMANY	2
BRAZIL	2
BULGARIA	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
MALAYSIA	1
SINGAPORE	1
VIET NAM	1
HONG KONG	1
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF	1

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