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

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12-Dec-2015

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

During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

13 or 81% 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)

0.29% Problem with your Google Account alleged sender Google reported 7th December 2015

0.28% PAYPAL - YOUR ACCOUNT HAS UNRESOLVED ISSUES. VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY NOW! alleged sender PayPal reported 5th December 2015

0.28% Google ID: Profile Inaccurate alleged sender Google reported 7th December 2015

0.27% CHASE BANK ONLINE NOTICE alleged sender Chase Bank reported 7th December 2015

0.26% BT CHANGING STATUS - PLEASE UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! alleged sender BT reported 5th December 2015

0.26% WIN £1500 TO SPEND AT ARGOS! alleged sender Argos reported 8th December 2015

0.26% Discover: Account Notice For Issue #32031 alleged sender Discover Customer Service reported 6th December 2015

0.25% PAYPAL - ACCOUNT UNRESOLVED ISSUES. VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY NOW! alleged sender PayPal reported 5th December 2015

0.25% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED ! alleged sender Account-Service reported 6th December 2015

0.25% YOUR NATWEST DEBIT CARD REFUND NOTICE alleged sender Natwest reported 6th December 2015

0.24% Urgent: Your card has been stopped ! alleged sender PayPal reported 6th December 2015

0.23% LloydsBank.RestrictionCode 532176 alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 1st December 2015

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	3
MICROSOFT	2
PAYPAL	2
BANK	2
GOOGLE	2
SUPPORT	2
AMERICA	1
BANKING	1
ONLINE	1
CIBC	1
ARGOS	1
CHASE	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
NOTICE	5
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	4
ONLINE	3
CARD	3
PAYPAL	3
BANK	2
WILL	2
FOR	2
AGREEMENT.	2
USERS	2
OUR	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
GERMANY	2
NETHERLANDS	1
HONG KONG	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	1

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