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

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13-Jul-2013

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

During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

6 or 60% 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)

0.38% New eBay Unpaid Item Message from metronomicon_uk : #281008991765-- response required alleged sender eBay reported 10th July 2013

0.35% New Message alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 9th July 2013

0.28% ACCOUNT BLOCKED alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 8th July 2013

0.24% New Message : Account Blocked alleged sender Barcays Personal Banking reported 8th July 2013

0.23% ALERT ABOUT YOUR BT BILLING INFORMATION ON FILE alleged sender BT Notification reported 8th July 2013

0.21% New Message : Account Blocked alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 7th July 2013

0.2% Important Notice : Account Access Suspended alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 7th July 2013

0.19% IMPORTANT : NATWEST PAYMENT ON HOLD alleged sender Natwest reported 19th June 2013

0.18% please verify the email address accociated with your Apple ID? alleged sender Apple reported 5th July 2013

0.16% New Message : Online Access Suspended alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 6th July 2013

0.16% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.14% Access to your Buckeye Express account will be suspened soon. alleged sender Buckeye-Express Support reported 12th July 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PERSONAL	5
BARCLAYS	4
BANKING	3
CHASE	1
SUPPORT	1
DAILY	1
NOTIFICATION	1
BARCAYS	1
EBAY	1
BUCKEYE-EXPRESS	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	7
MESSAGE	4
NEW	4
BLOCKED	3
YOUR	2
ACCESS	2
SUSPENED	1
WILL	1
EXPRESS	1
BUCKEYE	1
REQUIRED	1
RESPONSE	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
GERMANY	2
TURKEY	1
ROMANIA	1

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