Weekly analysis - 30th May 2015 to 6th June 2015

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06-Jun-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 30th May 2015 to 6th June 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 30th May 2015 to 6th June 2015


During the week we reported a total of 18 phishing scams

17 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)

1.84% Online Banking Account Information. alleged sender Abbey Bank National reported 14th December 2009

0.73% EARTHLINK RDP AND EMAILS FOR SALE OFFICIAL RESELLER alleged sender EARTHLINK reported 31st May 2015

0.68% Unauthorized activity on your online account alleged sender Citibank reported 30th May 2015

0.68% You just need to confirm your billing address. alleged sender PayPal Service reported 31st May 2015

0.68% ITUNES ACCOUNT WAS BEEN FROZEN ID2310A4AB53348E4546EA alleged sender iTunes reported 1st June 2015

0.67% EARTHLINK RDP AND EMAILS FOR SALE OFFICIAL RESELLER alleged sender EARTHLINK reported 1st June 2015

0.66% YOUR ACCOUNT LIMITED - UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION ACCOUNT !! alleged sender Paypal reported 1st June 2015

0.64% YOUR PAYPAI ACCOUNT WILL BE DEACTIVATED (#PP - 2015) alleged sender limited.services@paypal.com reported 2nd June 2015

0.64% Tax Refund for 2014-2015 alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs reported 29th May 2015

0.63% PROACTIVELY TAKEN ACTION TO DISABLE ONLINE ACCESS ! alleged sender NatWest reported 2nd June 2015

0.61% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED . ✔ alleged sender Service ✔ reported 1st June 2015

0.59% TAX REFUND NEW MESSAGE ALERT! alleged sender HM Revenue & reported 29th May 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	6
SERVICE	4
✔	2
EARTHLINK	2
BANK	1
CHASE	1
VERFACTION	1
UNION	1
AOL	1
APPLE	1
CREDIT	1
JOEY	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
ACCOUNT	8
LIMITED	3
UPDATE	3
YOU	3
FOR	3
WILL	3
APPLE	2
HAS	2
EARTHLINK	2
BILLING	2
BEEN	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	14
NETHERLANDS	1
SINGAPORE	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
CHINA	1

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