Weekly analysis - 3rd October 2015 to 10th October 2015

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10-Oct-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd October 2015 to 10th 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 3rd October 2015 to 10th October 2015


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

16 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)

0.46% Fw: new message alleged sender Halifax UK reported 7th October 2015

0.39% [PAYPAL]: WARNING YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED !✔ 05/10/2015 07:05:58 alleged sender PayPal reported 5th October 2015

0.39% WE DISCOVERED IRREGULARITIES IN YOUR ACCOUNT, WE WILL CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT FOR A WHILE� alleged sender Summary Billing Account reported 7th October 2015

0.36% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED UNTIL WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender PayPal reported 2nd October 2015

0.36% PayPal Account Update alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd October 2015

0.34% [PAYPAL]: WARNING YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED !✔ 06/10/2015 05:22:28 alleged sender PayPal reported 7th October 2015

0.32% WE DISCOVERED IRREGULARITIES IN YOUR ACCOUNT, WE WILL CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT FOR A WHILE� alleged sender Summary Billing Account reported 6th October 2015

0.32% Votre identifiant Apple vient d’être utilisé pour acheter « On Noir par Kaaris alleged sender Apple reported 6th October 2015

0.31% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.3% ACCOUNT UNUSUAL SIGN-ON ACTIVITY alleged sender WelIs Fargo reported 5th October 2015

0.29% ***YOUR MAIL SECURITY ALART*** alleged sender Web Team©2015 reported 5th October 2015

0.29% ACCOUNT VERIFICATION PROCESSES - HELP | AMAZON PAYMENTS alleged sender Amazon Support Inc reported 2nd October 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
DAVID	2
SUMMARY	2
BILLING	2
ACCOUNT	2
APPLE	2
SGT.MONICA	1
ADMIN	1
BROWN	1
AMAZON	1
INFO	1
HALIFAX	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	7
WILL	4
FOR	3
WARNING	3
HAS	2
CLOSED	2
!✔	2
******	2
DEAR	2
GREETINGS	2
***BULK***	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
NETHERLANDS	2
SINGAPORE	1
SPAIN	1
BRAZIL	1

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