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

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09-Apr-2016

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


During the week we reported a total of 6 phishing scams

6 or 100% 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)

0.66% CASE ID NUMBER: PP-151-253-172-331 alleged sender Paypal Service reported 3rd April 2016

0.48% ACCOUNT SUSPENDED alleged sender Natwest Bank reported 5th April 2016

0.47% I found u alleged sender CASSEY MITCHEL reported 3rd April 2016

0.41% Notice of Policy Updates ✔ alleged sender Pay-Pal reported 8th April 2016

0.39% IMPORTANT HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS ALERT alleged sender HMRC Tax Refund Services reported 8th April 2016

0.39% UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON YOUR ACCOUNT. ✔ alleged sender Paypal ✔ reported 1st April 2016

0.19% Unusual activity on your account. ✔ alleged sender PAYPAL ✔ reported 31st March 2016

0.13% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 1st April 2016

0.11% ONLINE BANKING (WIRE TRANSFER )*************************PAYMENT ALERT FROM ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND(R)**** alleged sender Royal Bank of Scotland® reported 27th March 2016

0.11% Update Important Security Alert alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 31st March 2016

0.11% PLEASE LOGIN TO POST AND UPDATE INFORMATION NOW✔ alleged sender Support reported 18th March 2016

0.1% YOU FORGOT TO SELECT YOUR GIFT alleged sender ARGOS reported 26th March 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HMRC	1
PAY-PAL	1
TAX	1
REFUND	1
SERVICES	1
CONFIRMATION(TM)	1
YOUR	1
PAYPAL	1
MITCHEL	1
SERVICE	1
NATWEST	1
BANK	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UPDATES	1
POLICY	1
NOTICE	1
ACCEPTED.	1
✔	1
IMPORTANT	1
ALERT	1
CUSTOMS	1
AND	1
REVENUE	1
100%	1
$28.5OO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	2
ITALY	1
NETHERLANDS	1
URUGUAY	1

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