Weekly analysis - 26th September 2015 to 3rd October 2015

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03-Oct-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th September 2015 to 3rd October 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 26th September 2015 to 3rd October 2015


During the week we reported a total of 21 phishing scams

19 or 90% 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% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN BLOCKED alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 27th September 2015

0.31% Hi You Have [1] New Message alleged sender Amazon reported 27th September 2015

0.31% IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE SUPPORT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED. alleged sender PayPal Support reported 26th September 2015

0.27% 快快加入彩虹计划，百分百本金保障 alleged sender 拍拍贷 reported 26th September 2015

0.27% ACCOUNT VERIFICATION PROCESSES - HELP | AMAZON PAYMENTS alleged sender Amazon Support Inc reported 28th September 2015

0.22% ONLINE ACCOUNT VERIFICATION alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC. reported 29th September 2015

0.21% THE SIMPLE WAY TO SECURE PEACE OF MIND. alleged sender Golden Charter reported 29th September 2015

0.2% IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE SUPPORT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED. alleged sender PayPal Support reported 29th September 2015

0.2% Is your Online Banking Secure? alleged sender Online Survey reported 26th September 2015

0.2% Your account has been Iimited untiI we hear from you alleged sender PayPal reported 29th September 2015

0.2% UPDATE alleged sender Mail reported 30th September 2015

0.2% ACCOUNT VERIFICATION PROCESSES - HELP | AMAZON PAYMENTS alleged sender Amazon Support Inc reported 29th September 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
INC	7
AMAZON	6
SUPPORT	6
PAYPAL	6
BANK	2
SERVICE@INTL-PAYPAL.COM	1
WILLIAMS	1
ABBOTT	1
MAIL	1
MARK	1
ACTIVATION	1
GOLDEN	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	13
YOUR	7
VERIFICATION	6
PAYMENTS	5
PROCESSES	5
HELP	5
AMAZON	5
YOU	4
PAYPAL	4
FROM	3
BEEN	3
HAS	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
AUSTRALIA	5
UNITED KINGDOM	2
FRANCE	1
NETHERLANDS	1
CANADA	1
BRAZIL	1
CHINA	1

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