Weekly analysis - 6th April 2013 to 13th April 2013

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13-Apr-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 6th April 2013 to 13th April 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 6th April 2013 to 13th April 2013


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

10 or 77% 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% Your account has been limited until we hear from you PP-503-472-200 alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd March 2013

0.25% Your Attention Is Needed From LloydsTSB Bank! alleged sender Lloyds reported 6th April 2013

0.22% [Bulk] Bank of America Notification: Re-Enroll your Account Information alleged sender Bank of America reported 11th April 2013

0.21% Update Your PayPal Billing Information alleged sender PayPal reported 7th April 2013

0.2% WEB WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM alleged sender Western Union reported 8th April 2013

0.2% Your account has been limited until we hear from you PP-503-472-204 alleged sender PayPal reported 9th April 2013

0.19% ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND_ ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT ! alleged sender Royal Bank of Scotland reported 10th April 2013

0.19% Your account has been limited until we hear from you PP-503-472-202 alleged sender PayPal reported 9th April 2013

0.19% Account Update 2013 (IMPORTANT) alleged sender Yahoo! Inc© reported 10th April 2013

0.19% Inadequate security enrollment alleged sender NatWest ; reported 9th April 2013

0.19% Chase Bank Alert: Online Banking Account Suspended alleged sender Chase reported 25th April 2012

0.19% MESSAGE CENTER: 1 NEW MESSAGE! alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 10th April 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
PAYPAL	3
LLOYDS	2
WARNING	2
CO-OPERATIVE	1
THE	1
INC©	1
AMERICA	1
YAHOO!	1
ROYAL	1
WESTERN	1
UNION	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
YOUR	5
SECURITY	3
FROM	3
CUSTOMER	3
WARNING:	2
VULNERABILITY	2
JAVA	2
LIMITED	2
BANK	2
YOU	2
HEAR	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	9
UNITED KINGDOM	1
THAILAND	1
GERMANY	1

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