Weekly analysis - 9th August 2014 to 16th August 2014

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16-Aug-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th August 2014 to 16th August 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 9th August 2014 to 16th August 2014

During the week we reported a total of 12 phishing scams

11 or 92% 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)

0.66% YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN YOUR ACCOUNT PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender support reported 9th August 2014

0.64% Amazon : Verify your account ✔ alleged sender AMAZON reported 10th August 2014

0.62% YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN YOUR ACCOUNT PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender support reported 8th August 2014

0.61% YOUR CREDIT CARD HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Visa Service reported 4th August 2014

0.61% Your PayPal account is limited until we hear from you. alleged sender PayPal reported 10th August 2014

0.58% Your PayPal Account Has Been Limited PP:6755 alleged sender PayPal reported 12th August 2014

0.58% PayPal Security & Privacy Update. alleged sender PayPal reported 10th August 2014

0.54% Important Document alleged sender Google reported 11th August 2014

0.53% ACCOUNT CONFIRMATION alleged sender Amazon reported 8th August 2014

0.49% =?UTF-8?Q?Your_account_will_be_locked_within_=32=34_hours=2e?= alleged sender =?UTF-8?Q?PayPal?= reported 6th August 2014

0.48% ACCOUNT VALIDATION REQUIRED [#9384-BDA] alleged sender BARCLAYS reported 2nd August 2014

0.48% [iTunes] Credit Card - Decliend =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=9C=94_?= alleged sender Apple reported 25th July 2014

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
CUSTOMERSERVICE@MBNA.CO.UK	2
BARE	1
INFO	1
SERVICE	1
E-ZPASS	1
FARGO	1
AMAZON	1
GOOGLE	1
APPLE	1
WELLS	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
PAYPAL	4
YOUR	4
LIMITED	3
NOTICE	2
LIMIT	2
IMPORTANT	2
BEEN	2
MBNA	2
ASSIGNED	2
CREDIT	2
HAS	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
CHILE	2
GERMANY	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
FRANCE	1

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