Weekly analysis - 16th April 2016 to 23rd April 2016

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23-Apr-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 16th April 2016 to 23rd 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 16th April 2016 to 23rd April 2016

During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

10 or 91% 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)

1.85% BT Yahoo : Message Alert ! alleged sender Btinternet.com reported 13th September 2009

0.45% Recent Suspicious Activity On Your Online Account alleged sender Chase reported 15th April 2016

0.43% 1ST PAGE ON GOOGLE WITH GUARANTEED !! alleged sender Anita Garg reported 15th April 2016

0.38% RE-VALIDATE alleged sender Center reported 16th April 2016

0.34% Urgent alleged sender AOL reported 19th April 2016

0.32% Att : Tax Refund Notice alleged sender uk.hmrc.notify.refund.secue.em reported 19th April 2016

0.31% =?UTF-8?Q?ti=40thebe.com.br=2C_Interm=C3=A9dica-San?= =?UTF-8?Q?tam=C3=A1lia_72_mensais_=2811=29_2301-030?= =?UTF-8?Q?0?= alleged sender Vida 11 2301-0300 reported 20th April 2016

0.31% Your Pending funds with Clydesdale Bank Plc!!! alleged sender MR.JACK PETERSEN reported 15th April 2016

0.31% YI: YOUR SUNGLASSES IS GETTING READY FOR YOU,ORDER NO.557444 alleged sender Your Order reported 21st April 2016

0.3% Customer Notice alleged sender NatWest reported 13th April 2016

0.28% PHARMACY-ONLINE alleged sender Nick Madsen reported 13th April 2016

0.28% IMPORTANT HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS ALERT alleged sender HMRC Tax Refund Services reported 8th April 2016

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

Keyword Frequency

PAYPAL 3
ORDER 1
YOUR 1
JENIFFER 1
SMITH 1
SERVICE 1
BIRTHDAY 1
USAA 1
EMAIL 1
AOL 1
SUPPORT 1

VIDA 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 6
LIMITED 4
YOUR 3
YOU 2
FOR 2
NOTICE 2
NOTIFICATION 2
COIN 1
90TH 1
BIRTHDAY 1
QUEEN 1

FILES 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 5
FRANCE 1
CANADA 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
NETHERLANDS 1
BRAZIL 1

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