Weekly analysis - 21st March 2015 to 28th March 2015

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28-Mar-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 21st March 2015 to 28th 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 21st March 2015 to 28th March 2015

During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

17 or 89% 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)

0.36% Please Login to Update Your Account informations. 22/03/2015 05:49:21 alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd March 2015

0.36% CHASE SECURE EMAIL alleged sender CHASE SUPPORT TEAM reported 23rd March 2015

0.36% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.34% Röst och sångövningar Maja alleged sender Ann-Christin Hallgren reported 23rd March 2015

0.32% [Important] : Update Your Account Information alleged sender PayPal reported 26th March 2015

0.31% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED WITHIN 24H !! alleged sender PaypaI Inc reported 23rd March 2015

0.3% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED. alleged sender Paypal Mail Team reported 23rd March 2015

0.29% BUY EARTHLINK RDP NO SMTP NEEDED alleged sender ROBERT reported 24th March 2015

0.29% [PAYPAL]:YOUR CARD WAS DECLINED ! alleged sender paypal reported 21st March 2015

0.29% ✔ YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED WITHIN 48H !! ✉ alleged sender PaypaI Inc reported 25th March 2015

0.28% [Team Paypal] : Update your account ! alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd March 2015

0.27% ACCOUNT LOCKED JACKIE_ONI@YAHOO.CO.UK alleged sender NatWest reported 22nd March 2015

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	6
PAYPAI	2
CHASE	2
TEAM	2
INC	2
NATWEST	2
SUPPORT	2
ROBERT	2
INC.	2
WEBMAIL*	1
SECURITY	1
BANK	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
ACCOUNT	9
UPDATE	5
NEEDED	2
SMTP	2
CHASE	2
WITHIN	2
CLOSED	2
RDP	2
EARTHLINK	2
WILL	2
LOGIN	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
UNITED KINGDOM	2
GERMANY	1
DENMARK	1

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