Weekly analysis - 2nd January 2016 to 9th January 2016

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09-Jan-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd January 2016 to 9th January 2016

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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 2nd January 2016 to 9th January 2016


During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

15 or 79% 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)

0.56% Fraud Alert #45820RB alleged sender Royal Bank of Canada reported 1st July 2005

0.34% BT Yahoo : Message Alert ! alleged sender Btinternet.com reported 13th September 2009

0.3% PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT FOR AVOID SUSPENSION ! alleged sender Amazon reported 2nd January 2016

0.25% Your account has been revoked alleged sender Barclays reported 3rd January 2016

0.25% 1 New SexiSnap Alert alleged sender Diane Lynch reported 4th January 2016

0.25% Check Your Account ! alleged sender TEAM SUPPORT reported 5th January 2016

0.24% [SUPPORT INC] : YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED! alleged sender Important Notice reported 4th January 2016

0.24% Good day alleged sender SUPPORT TEAM reported 4th January 2016

0.24% ACCOUNT UPDATE alleged sender Mail Server X reported 4th January 2016

0.23% 05/01/2016 - YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED (ROUTING CODE: C 826-L 003-Q190-T1830) alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 5th January 2016

0.23% STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GERMANY BRANCH alleged sender amtoandmxi reported 2nd January 2016

0.22% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender Paypal Support reported 2nd January 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
TEAM	2
AMAZON	2
SUPPORT	2
PVS	1
HAMPTON	1
USAA	1
PAY-PAL	1
MICROSOFT	1
LLOYDS	1
ID86931	1
DOLORES	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	13
ACCOUNT	11
BEEN	7
HAS	7
LIMITED	4
PAYPAL	4
UPDATE	2
ALERT	2
NEW	2
✔	2
ACCOUNTS	1
REASONS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
GERMANY	3
HUNGARY	1
ROMANIA	1
ITALY	1
SWEDEN	1
BRAZIL	1

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