Weekly analysis - 30th January 2016 to 6th February 2016

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06-Feb-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 30th January 2016 to 6th February 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 30th January 2016 to 6th February 2016


During the week we reported a total of 24 phishing scams

21 or 88% 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% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender Paypal reported 30th January 2016

0.48% JA R LLOYDSBANK.RESTRICTIONCODE 99841 alleged sender Lloyds Account reported 29th January 2016

0.46% CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS NO HAS WON 250,000.00 GBP (ATM CARD) IN THE 2016 NATION WIDE BANK,TO CLAIM alleged sender NATION BANK PLC reported 29th January 2016

0.44% 【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 USAA Checking/Savings Account Suspicious Activity alleged sender USAA reported 1st February 2016

0.42% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 31st January 2016

0.41% Your account has been suspended alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 1st February 2016

0.4% IMPORTANT UPDATE REQUIRED IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd January 2016

0.39% Verify your account alleged sender Virgin Media reported 31st January 2016

0.39% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 30th January 2016

0.39% Theres nothing we cant try in bed alleged sender YVETTE MCKINNEY reported 31st January 2016

0.38% l like you, handsome alleged sender SOPHIA FISHER reported 31st January 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	4
TESCO	4
SUPPORT	3
USAA	2
PAYPAL	2
NATIONAL	2
MEDIA	2
VIRGIN	2
APPLE	2
©	2
INFORMATION	1
CUSTOMER	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	14
YOUR	14
BEEN	4
HAS	4
CLOSED	3
SUSPENDED	3
ACTIVITY	2
WILL	2
VERIFY	2
VERIFICATION	1
REGARDING	1
#CHS-852-992-)	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
BRAZIL	5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
GERMANY	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
HONG KONG	1
AUSTRALIA	1
CANADA	1
NETHERLANDS	1
MALAYSIA	1

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