Weekly analysis - 7th February 2015 to 14th February 2015

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14-Feb-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th February 2015 to 14th February 2015

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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 7th February 2015 to 14th February 2015


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

17 or 100% 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)

0.76% *** *** Your access to NatWest Services is locked fiona@19mills.fsnet.co.uk alleged sender NatWest reported 9th February 2015

0.72% WELLSFARGO ONLINE MAINTENANCE. alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 9th February 2015

0.72% [ Paypal ] Your account will be closed within 74 hours , please check your account information 09/02/2015 alleged sender PayPal reported 9th February 2015

0.71% IMPORTANT: TESCO ALERTS SERVICE alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 7th February 2015

0.7% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Barclays reported 7th February 2015

0.65% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender PaypaI Service reported 9th February 2015

0.65% Your account PayPal is limited you have to solve the problem in 24 hours alleged sender PayPal reported 7th February 2015

0.61% New Message From Natwest Bank alleged sender NATWEST BANK reported 9th February 2015

0.61% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFO alleged sender Paypal reported 6th February 2015

0.6% [IMPORTANT] : YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED , PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 12th February 2015

0.51% INCOMING VOICEMAIL(S) AT FEB 10 alleged sender Whats AppNotifier reported 10th February 2015

0.5% IMPORTANT: WE NOTICED UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT (REF #PP-004-621-793-329) ! alleged sender PayPal reported 28th January 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
INC.	2
APPLE	2
NATWEST	2
BANK	2
ITUNES	1
SERVICE@PAYPAL.CO.UK	1
ALERTS@CITIBANK.COM	1
PAYPALL!!	1
TESCO	1
STORE	1
KI-MOON	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	9
PAYPAL	5
HAS	3
BEEN	3
:YOUR	2
PAYPAI	2
LIMITED.	2
TEAM	2
PLEASE	2
APPLE	2
INFORMATION	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
TURKEY	3
CANADA	2
INDIA	1

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