Weekly analysis - 23rd January 2016 to 30th January 2016

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30-Jan-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd January 2016 to 30th 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 23rd January 2016 to 30th January 2016


During the week we reported a total of 27 phishing scams

23 or 85% 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)

0.54% IMPORTANT UPDATE REQUIRED IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd January 2016

0.47% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd January 2016

0.46% DéSABONNEMENT DE LA NEWSLETTER alleged sender IMMO USA reported 21st January 2016

0.44% Your barclays debit card has been blocked alleged sender Barclays reported 24th January 2016

0.43% Seeking a pal to bang write 1-970-572-00-15 alleged sender MATHES reported 23rd January 2016

0.43% 【年货节】中国红加经典格子，红红火火过大年 alleged sender 巴宝莉 reported 26th January 2016

0.43% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender PayPal reported 19th January 2016

0.41% I have never done this before. alleged sender AOL reported 23rd January 2016

0.41% UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS ! alleged sender Info reported 18th January 2016

0.4% - USAA - ALERT! alleged sender Security Notice reported 27th April 2010

0.39% Hey, sexy! Say hello to me alleged sender CLARA MORAN reported 26th January 2016

0.39% UPDATE YOUR APPLES ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender Apple alert reported 26th January 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	5
TEAM	4
EMAIL	2
UPDATE	2
BANK	2
SERVICE	2
SECURITY	2
NATWEST	2
NATION	1
ASIANBEAUTIES	1
EBAY	1
LLOYDS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	13
ACCOUNT	10
HAS	8
BEEN	6
CLOSED	3
E-MAIL	2
MESSAGE	2
FOR	2
SETTINGS	2
HELLO	2
UPDATE	2
WANNA	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	15
BRAZIL	3
INDONESIA	1
CANADA	1
SPAIN	1
NETHERLANDS	1
TURKEY	1

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