Weekly analysis - 7th May 2016 to 14th May 2016

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14-May-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th May 2016 to 14th May 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 7th May 2016 to 14th May 2016


During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

17 or 89% 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)

0.65% Cobranca 2a via Titulo alleged sender ascol.cobranca reported 28th November 2011

0.55% YOUR AMAZON ORDER OF "GIFT CARD - EMAIL ..." alleged sender Amazon reported 8th May 2016

0.46% Hi Jackie alleged sender caroltranslate reported 8th May 2016

0.46% USAA ONLINE PAYMENT VERIFICATION alleged sender Update reported 8th May 2016

0.46% Customer Satisfaction Survey! Win 100$ alleged sender Woolworths rewards reported 8th May 2016

0.44% PERFECT MONEY DIRECT PAYMENT NOW ACCEPTED alleged sender ToolzVilla.Us reported 8th May 2016

0.44% New Account Precautions. alleged sender Natwest reported 9th May 2016

0.42% ACCOUNT IOCKED LD REFERENCE #PP-337-849-320-246 alleged sender service@paypaI.co.uk reported 7th May 2016

0.38% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ! alleged sender paypal reported 7th May 2016

0.37% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender PayPal Online Security reported 9th May 2016

0.35% INCOMING E-MAIL alleged sender Memberinfo reported 6th May 2016

0.35% [0123322]20162016331-43[t7n0d9dw48gi78o3phzamevz4zpcmsgr6xrpoa] alleged sender Yahoo.com reported 5th May 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
ONLINE	2
SECURITY	2
USAA	2
BARCLAYS	2
SANTANDER	1
INC	1
SUNTRUST	1
EBAY	1
VODAFONE	1
BANK	1
	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
NOTIFICATION	3
YOUR	3
USAA	3
FROM	2
SECURITY	2
NEW	2
!!!	2
URGENT	2
FOR	2
***	2
BARCLAYS	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
CANADA	4
FRANCE	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
GERMANY	1
VIET NAM	1

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