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Weekly analysis - 5th September 2015 to 12th September 2015

Weekly analysis - 5th September 2015 to 12th September 2015


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12-Sep-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th September 2015 to 12th 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 5th September 2015 to 12th September 2015


During the week we reported a total of 8 phishing scams

8 or 100% 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)

  • 0.32% Amazon account status has been changed alleged sender Amazon reported 7th September 2015

  • 0.3% Locked out due to recent changes alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 8th September 2015

  • 0.25% International Escrow Agent alleged sender Nobel Trust Ltd. reported 3rd September 2015

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

  • 0.2% Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud on an Macbook Pro. alleged sender Apple reported 3rd September 2015

  • 0.19% ACCOUNT STATUS HAS BEEN CHANGED , INVOICE NUMBER #965221 alleged sender APPLE reported 10th September 2015

  • 0.17% Account suspension notice alleged sender USAA reported 10th September 2015

  • 0.13% *** ***Cahoot Account Update: Re-activate Your Account Security ! alleged sender Cahoot Online Security Alert reported 24th November 2009

  • 0.13% NEW MESSAGE alleged sender alert@barclays.co.uk reported 11th September 2015

  • 0.12% PLEASE LOGIN TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS alleged sender Service 2015 reported 2nd September 2015

  • 0.11% Account Access Nullified wehotels.com alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 11th September 2015

  • 0.11% ACTION REQUIRED -YOUR BANK HAS NOTIFIED US OF UNAUTHORISED MONEY TRANSFERS FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 24th August 2015

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

    Keyword Frequency
    BANK 2
    USAA 2
    1
    PAYPAL 1
    LLOYDS 1
    ALERT@BARCLAYS.CO.UK 1
    APPLE 1
    AMAZON 1
    TESCO 1
    Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 6
    HAS 3
    YOUR 2
    BEEN 2
    CHANGED 2
    STATUS 2
    CONTROL 1
    FRAUD 1
    USAA 1
    NOTIFICATION 1
    WEHOTELS.COM 1
    RESOLVE 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    INDIA 2
    UNITED KINGDOM 2
    UNITED STATES 2
    ROMANIA 1

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