Weekly analysis - 5th January 2013 to 12th January 2013

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12-Jan-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th January 2013 to 12th January 2013

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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 5th January 2013 to 12th January 2013

During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

7 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)

0.54% 30%-70% off ➪ Order-#10038975 ➪ alleged sender Columban Helgason a strong mou reported 21st December 2012

0.52% New Message from Chase Online(SM) alleged sender Chase reported 6th January 2013

0.5% Important Security Information alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 6th January 2013

0.41% [Norton Anti]Your NatWest Bank Account Management. alleged sender NatWest reported 5th January 2013

0.37% Online Access Suspended alleged sender PayPal reported 8th January 2013

0.37% Bank of America Alert: Online Banking Account Verification alleged sender Bank of America reported 5th January 2013

0.36% CONFIRMATION OF 5 APPLE MAC BOOK alleged sender Littlewoods.com reported 3rd January 2013

0.34% Littlewoods Account Management alleged sender Littlewoods reported 5th January 2013

0.32% IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTICE alleged sender MBNA Bank reported 31st December 2012

0.32% [Norton Anti]Funds Was Transferred To Your Account Online alleged sender Santander reported 9th January 2013

0.32% HALIFAX ACCOUNT STATUS NOTIFICATION. alleged sender Halifax reported 27th December 2012

0.29% IMPORTANT - Online Security Notice(s) alleged sender NatWest reported 4th January 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
PAYPAL	3
TESCO	2
HALIFAX	1
SANTANDER	1
AOL	1
LLOYDSTSB	1
CHASE	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SECURITY	3
ACCOUNT	3
IMPORTANT	2
ONLINE	2
FROM	2
MESSAGE	2
NEW	2
CHECKPOINT	1
PAYMENT	1
NOTICE:	1
HAPPY	1
TESCO	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	4
GERMANY	2
ISRAEL	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ARGENTINA	1
SLOVENIA	1

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