Weekly analysis - 21st December 2013 to 28th December 2013

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28-Dec-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 21st December 2013 to 28th December 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 21st December 2013 to 28th December 2013

During the week we reported a total of 6 phishing scams

4 or 67% 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)

0.9% Account Requires Complete Profile Update alleged sender Citibank reported 20th December 2013

0.58% Your Victim compensation of $500,000 alleged sender UNITED NATIONS reported 24th December 2013

0.57% Your PayPal account has been limited alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd December 2013

0.55% Account Suspended ! alleged sender Barclays Bank Plc reported 24th December 2013

0.55% Please Update your Discover Account alleged sender Discover.com reported 21st December 2013

0.51% RETURNED CORRESPONDENCE - AVOID ACCOUNT SUSPENSION! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 21st December 2013

0.49% Please Update your Discover.com Account alleged sender Discover.com reported 21st December 2013

0.3% NATWEST CARD - MINIMUM PAYMENT IS DUE alleged sender NatWest Credit Card reported 19th December 2013

0.3% :FREE: Secure loan for you. alleged sender MR. VANCE MERCURY reported 21st December 2013

0.27% YOUR BARCLAYS ACCOUNT ALERT alleged sender Barclays reported 27th December 2013

0.2% 1 UNREAD MESSAGE FROM NATWEST ! alleged sender Natwest reported 19th December 2013

0.18% YOUR NATWEST CREDIT CARD NOTIFICATION. alleged sender NatWest Card Services reported 11th November 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	2
BARCLAYS	2
INTERNET	2
BANKING	1
PLC	1
BANK	1
UNITED	1
NATIONS	1
PAYPAL	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
HAS	3
BEEN	3
ACCOUNT	3
ACCESS	2
ACCOUNTS	2
BLOCKED	2
ALERT	1
[!!	1
BARCLAYS	1
COMPENSATION	1
PAYPAL	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
CHILE	1
POLAND	1
ISRAEL	1

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