Weekly analysis - 29th August 2015 to 5th September 2015

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05-Sep-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 29th August 2015 to 5th September 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 29th August 2015 to 5th September 2015


During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

10 or 71% 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)

0.28% Tesco Account suspended due to TOS violations alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 12th August 2015

0.24% Tesco Account suspended due to TOS violations alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 1st September 2015

0.24% URGENT !!! alleged sender Mohamed Abdel reported 1st September 2015

0.23% ONENIGHTSEX NOTICE IS PENDING alleged sender Yvonne Perry reported 2nd September 2015

0.23% INFO alleged sender email update reported 1st September 2015

0.22% PLEASE LOGIN TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS alleged sender Service 2015 reported 3rd September 2015

0.21% CASE ID : 1389795465 | PLEASE CHECK YOUR PAYPOL ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender PayPol Services reported 31st August 2015

0.21% International Escrow Agent alleged sender Nobel Trust Ltd. reported 3rd September 2015

0.21% Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud on an Macbook Pro. alleged sender Apple reported 3rd September 2015

0.2% WELLS FARGO NOTIFICATION- MESSAGE ID : 9876123 alleged sender Wells Fargo Bank reported 1st September 2015

0.19% IMPORTANT UPDATE REQUIRED IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ✔ alleged sender PayPal - Customer reported 31st August 2015

0.18% ✔VIEW MAIL!! alleged sender Administrator Online® reported 2nd September 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	2
2015	2
BANK	2
ADMINISTRATOR	1
PERRY	1
YVONNE	1
TESCO	1
ONLINE®	1
LTD.	1
APPLE	1
TRUST	1
ABDEL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
YOUR	5
UPDATE	3
PLEASE	3
LOGIN	2
INFORMATIONS	2
PENDING	1
MAIL!!	1
✔VIEW	1
VIOLATIONS	1
DUE	1
TOS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
NETHERLANDS	2
CHINA	2
INDIA	1
HONG KONG	1
CANADA	1
FRANCE	1

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