Weekly analysis - 19th March 2016 to 26th March 2016

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26-Mar-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th March 2016 to 26th March 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 19th March 2016 to 26th March 2016


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

12 or 92% 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)

0.21% System Administrator alleged sender Webmail Message reported 19th December 2010

0.2% New Message From Chase Online (SM) alleged sender Chase reported 20th March 2016

0.18% [PayPal INC] alleged sender Microsoft reported 22nd March 2016

0.16% Dеar Valueԁ Member, 918690654 alleged sender Bank Of America reported 21st March 2016

0.16% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED alleged sender Paypal Service reported 21st March 2016

0.15% WIN HUGE PRIZES, MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! alleged sender Support reported 20th March 2016

0.14% FW: FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR BY AMAZONSES alleged sender no1handmadeshoes reported 21st March 2016

0.14% PLEASE LOGIN TO POST AND UPDATE INFORMATION NOW✔ alleged sender Support reported 18th March 2016

0.14% Your Account Will Be Closed !! alleged sender PayPal Inc reported 23rd March 2016

0.1% America Online alleged sender Management reported 18th March 2016

0.09% Important : Your account status change (Case ID #PL-003-603-205-892) alleged sender PayPal reported 25th March 2016

0.09% Your Account Has Been Blocked , Until We Here From You alleged sender PAYPAL reported 18th March 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
SERVICE	2
SUPPORT	2
INC	1
APPLE	1
ARGOS	1
LEE	1
VALIDATION	1
NO1HANDMADESHOES	1
BANK	1
AMERICA	1
CHASE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	4
FROM	3
CLOSED	2
WILL	2
VERIFICATION	1
REQUIRED	1
IMPORTANT	1
ORDER	1
FOR	1
[PAYPAL]	1
H@AOL.COM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
SERBIA	1
AUSTRALIA	1
FRANCE	1
SWITZERLAND	1
CROATIA	1

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