Weekly analysis - 23rd May 2015 to 30th May 2015

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30-May-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd May 2015 to 30th May 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 23rd May 2015 to 30th May 2015


During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

15 or 94% 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)

0.55% Online Banking Account Information. alleged sender Abbey Bank National reported 14th December 2009

0.43% ITUNES ACCOUNT WAS BEEN FROZEN ID7146A4A545301DC8F95D alleged sender iTunes reported 25th May 2015

0.42% ITUNES ACCOUNT WAS BEEN FROZEN ID5377A4A560411EFA6B89 alleged sender iTunes reported 25th May 2015

0.42% ITUNES ACCOUNT WAS BEEN FROZEN ID5431A4A501521EFAB94D alleged sender iTunes reported 25th May 2015

0.4% ✔ Your recent purchase with your Apple ID. alleged sender Apple reported 26th May 2015

0.39% FRESH TOOLS ADDED TO THE SHOP NOW alleged sender Mercantile reported 25th May 2015

0.39% Receipt for your PayPal payment to Skype ! alleged sender Skype reported 25th May 2015

0.39% Limited Account alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 26th May 2015

0.36% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Barclays reported 21st May 2015

0.36% PLEASE CHECK ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st May 2015

0.35% NOTICE : YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL HAS BEEN LIMITED ! alleged sender PayPal Inc, reported 21st May 2015

0.35% ALERT: UPDATE YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT. 26/05/2015 08:10:38 alleged sender Apple reported 27th May 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ITUNES	3
APPLE	2
REVENUE	2
ALERT	1
WELLSFARGO	1
JOHN	1
CUSTOMS	1
CITIBANK	1
PAYPAL	1
LEWIS	1
BANK	1
SUN	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	7
WAS	3
FROZEN	3
BEEN	3
ITUNES	3
LIMITED	2
FOR	2
APPLE	2
TAX	2
REFUND	2
UPDATE	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
UNITED KINGDOM	4
CHILE	1
ROMANIA	1
FRANCE	1
POLAND	1

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