Weekly analysis - 14th November 2015 to 21st November 2015

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21-Nov-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 14th November 2015 to 21st November 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 14th November 2015 to 21st November 2015

During the week we reported a total of 25 phishing scams

20 or 80% 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)

0.5% Google ID: Profile Inaccurate alleged sender Google Inc Profile Services reported 15th November 2015

0.47% BANK OF AMERICA: FINAL NOTIFICATION UPDATE alleged sender Online reported 16th November 2015

0.46% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED,PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION ! alleged sender Paypal reported 15th November 2015

0.44% INTERNET BANKING: HSBC ACCOUNT ACCESS NOTIFICATION alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 13th November 2015

0.43% PAYPAL: PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR CREDIT CARTE NOW ! alleged sender PayPal ✔ reported 15th November 2015

0.42% NEGATIVEBALANCE/LIMITATIONS (ID: C360-L001-T13037-S111-W0L0000) (KMM160587337V70932L0KM) alleged sender Service@intl.PaypaI.com reported 12th November 2015

0.4% WE NEED YOUR HELP RESOLVING AN ISSUE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender service@paypal.intl.com reported 7th November 2015

0.4% L... H.... LLOYDSBANK.RESTRICTIONCODE 19581 alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 9th November 2015

0.4% We need your help resolving an issue with your account alleged sender service@paypal.intl.com reported 8th November 2015

0.38% Fw: new message Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:29:22 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: alleged sender Microsoft reported 9th November 2015

0.36% IMPORTANT MESSAGE: ACCOUNT INFO REPLACEMENT alleged sender Service PayPaI reported 15th November 2015

0.35% additional information on the amazon site. alleged sender Amazon reported 14th November 2015

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	4
BANK	3
INC	3
PAYPAI	3
PAYPAL	2
CHASE	2
MCLAUGHLIN	1
CINDY	1
2015	1
VISA	1
USAA	1
MEMBER	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	11
ACCOUNT	8
UPDATE	7
INFORMATION	6
IMPORTANT	5
FROM	4
WILL	4
✔	3
BANK	2
PAYPAL	2
CHASE	2
ONLINE	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	13
GERMANY	3
UNITED KINGDOM	2
IRELAND	1
BRAZIL	1
NETHERLANDS	1
FRANCE	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1
CANADA	1
TURKEY	1

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