Weekly analysis - 10th May 2014 to 17th May 2014

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17-May-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 10th May 2014 to 17th May 2014

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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 10th May 2014 to 17th May 2014

During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

7 or 54% 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)

2.52% A new document has arrived in Online Banking. alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th February 2012

0.73% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.62% Your PayPal account has been limited until we hear from you Case ID 535-698-497 alleged sender SERVICE@DCC.PAYPALL.COM reported 10th May 2014

0.47% Notification of payment received alleged sender PayPal Alert reported 12th May 2014

0.46% REMINDER : PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY ! alleged sender Paypal reported 12th May 2014

0.45% ACCESS TO YOUR VISA CARD HAS BEEN BLOCKED alleged sender VISA reported 12th May 2014

0.43% Changes to your account balance. alleged sender NatWest ; reported 11th May 2014

0.41% 1 NEW MESSAGES ! alleged sender American Express reported 14th May 2014

0.39% Barclays Account Review alleged sender Barclays reported 10th May 2014

0.37% New Security Precautions alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 13th May 2014

0.36% ACCOUNT SUSPENDED ! alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 14th May 2014

0.34% E-Alert from Barclays alleged sender Barclays reported 9th May 2014

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

Keyword Frequency

BANK 5
BARCLAYS 3
PLC 3
HALIFAX 2
NATWEST 2
PAYPAL 2
EXPRESS 1
NATWEST.CO.UK 1
AMERICAN 1
NATIONWIDE 1
ALERT 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 7
YOUR 6
NEW 3
STATEMENT 2
PRECAUTIONS 2
CHANGES 2
SECURITY 2
BEEN 2
HAS 2
BALANCE. 2
SUSPENDED 2

FLAGGED 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 6
NETHERLANDS 3
FRANCE 2
CYPRUS 1
ISRAEL 1

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