Weekly analysis - 14th March 2015 to 21st March 2015

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21-Mar-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 14th March 2015 to 21st March 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 14th March 2015 to 21st March 2015


During the week we reported a total of 20 phishing scams

13 or 65% 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)

0.59% MailBox Update alleged sender Admin@btinternet.com reported 14th March 2015

0.58% Please check your account alleged sender PayPal service reported 14th March 2015

0.57% PAYPAL NOTIFICATION: YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED !? alleged sender PayPal Inc. reported 15th March 2015

0.57% [Alert] Your Account Will Be Limited Until We Here From You Please Enable Protection Against Fraudulent Use Of alleged sender PayPal reported 16th March 2015

0.57% VISA/MASTERCARD/VEUILLEZ ACTIVER LA PROTECTION DE VOTRE CARTE? alleged sender VISA-MasterCard reported 15th March 2015

0.55% Important Update Required In Your Paypal Account =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=9C=94_?= alleged sender PayPal Costumer reported 16th March 2015

0.54% ATTENTION - YOUR ITUNES ACCOUNT WAS BEEN FROZEN ID8758A461528194CA4549 alleged sender iTunes reported 17th March 2015

0.54% DEAR ACCOUNT HODER JONNYHU321@AOL.COM alleged sender NatWest reported 16th March 2015

0.54% Verification Email for Confirming Apple ID. alleged sender iTunes Store reported 14th March 2015

0.54% COSTUMER SERVICE alleged sender Support Inc reported 17th March 2015

0.53% ✉ VERIFY NOW YOUR ACCOUNT ✔ alleged sender Apple Store reported 16th March 2015

0.53% NATWEST BANK ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT alleged sender Natwest reported 16th March 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	6
APPLE	2
TESCO	2
SUPPORT	2
NATWEST	2
BANK	1
PLC	1
KUMAR	1
SUMIT	1
SERVICE@PAYPAL.CO.UK	1
SANTANDER	1
INC	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	12
YOUR	10
BEEN	3
WAS	3
BANK	2
PAYPAL	2
FROM	2
YOU	2
PROTECTION	2
UPDATE	2
LIMITED	2
ONLINE	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	15
INDIA	1
BRAZIL	1
HONG KONG	1
CANADA	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1

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