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Weekly analysis - 15th November 2014 to 22nd November 2014

Weekly analysis - 15th November 2014 to 22nd November 2014


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22-Nov-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th November 2014 to 22nd November 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 15th November 2014 to 22nd November 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)

  • 0.84% Your recent purchase with your ID. alleged sender Apple reported 23rd October 2014

  • 0.74% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.63% Your account will be close alleged sender bt.comms@bt.com reported 17th November 2014

  • 0.62% ✔ ALERT ! YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED PP1366 alleged sender PayPal reported 16th November 2014

  • 0.62% UPDATE YOUR LEGAL AGREEMENTS WITH PAYPAL IN 24 HOURS ! ✔ alleged sender PAYPAL reported 16th November 2014

  • 0.61% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

  • 0.58% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED , UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION PLEASE ✔ alleged sender Paypal Security™ reported 18th November 2014

  • 0.5% Your credit card is temporarily suspended alleged sender Verified By Visa reported 15th November 2014

  • 0.44% Please DocuSign this document: Contract_changes_11_19_2014.pdf alleged sender AT&T reported 19th November 2014

  • 0.4% APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF INCOME AUDITOR,ACCOUNT RECIEVABLE,ACCOUNTANT,ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. alleged sender Eve reported 13th November 2014

  • 0.35% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

  • 0.34% UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT WHEN YOU ARE READY ! alleged sender PayPal reported 13th November 2014

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

    Keyword Frequency
    PAYPAL 5
    ONLINE 2
    TEAM 1
    SCOTIA 1
    NATWEST 1
    JOEY 1
    AT&T 1
    PAYPA1 1
    BT.COMMS@BT.COM 1
    SECURITY™ 1
    HALIFAX 1
    Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 6
    5
    UPDATE 4
    PAYPAL 4
    ACCOUNT 4
    WILL 3
    ALERT 3
    LIMITED 3
    PLEASE 2
    AGREEMENTS 2
    WITH 2
    LEGAL 2

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 3
    UNITED KINGDOM 3
    GERMANY 2
    RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
    NETHERLANDS 1
    BRAZIL 1
    THAILAND 1

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