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

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30-Apr-2016

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

During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

8 or 80% 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)

0.58% APPLY FOR A GENUINE FIRST ACCESS VISA CREDIT CARD alleged sender First-AccessVisaCard reported 25th April 2016

0.57% FIX YOUR LIFE WITHOUT HAVING TO TRY HARD, L H. alleged sender Medications Drugstore reported 24th April 2016

0.53% Your account has been Iimited untiI we hear from you alleged sender paypal reported 26th April 2016

0.53% Tesco Alert, Security Update Required alleged sender Tesco reported 25th April 2016

0.5% [ PayPaI Inc. ] : Update Your Account Information alleged sender PayPal reported 27th April 2016

0.48% ELIMINATE YOUR DEBT IN 24 TO 48 MONTHS alleged sender Top Debt Companies reported 25th April 2016

0.35% [ PayPaI Inc. ] : Update Your Account Information alleged sender PayPal reported 28th April 2016

0.28% Reminder : Your account will be limited until we hear from you alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd April 2016

0.2% LIMITED EDITION QUEEN ELIZABETH II 90TH BIRTHDAY COIN alleged sender HM Birthday reported 22nd April 2016

0.17% Online Access Suspended alleged sender Barclays Bank reported 30th April 2016

0.16% NOTICE : YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED AND YOU MUST UPDATE ACCOUNT alleged sender Paypal Service reported 22nd April 2016

0.13% =?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

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

Keyword Frequency

PAYPAL 3
BARCLAYS 1
BANK 1
KINGSTON 1
LABOSO 1
ESTHER 1
TESCO 1
COMPANIES 1
MEDICATIONS 1
DRUGSTORE 1
FIRST-ACCESSVISACARD 1

TOP 1

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

Keyword Frequency

YOUR 5
ACCOUNT 3
UPDATE 3
FROM 2
YOU 2
PAYPAI 2
INFORMATION 2
INC. 2
ACCESS 2
SPECIAL 1
SUSPENDED 1

SUNGLASSES 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 4
UNITED KINGDOM 2
IRELAND 1

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