Weekly analysis - 22nd October 2016 to 29th October 2016

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29-Oct-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd October 2016 to 29th October 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 22nd October 2016 to 29th October 2016


During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

11 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)

0.4% YOUR ONLINE BANKING ACCESS WAS DENIED alleged sender Nationwide Building Society reported 24th October 2016

0.31% UPDATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 21st October 2016

0.3% Barclays (8) alleged sender Barclays reported 22nd October 2016

0.29% Locked account alleged sender Community Resource Credit Unio reported 23rd October 2016

0.29% YOUR FUND TRANSFERRED VIA WESTERN UNION alleged sender Dr. William s Watts reported 25th October 2016

0.28% Get $50 Amazon Gift Card !! Halloween Offer !! alleged sender Limited Time Offer reported 26th October 2016

0.28% ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY OWNER OF THIS ATM VISA CARD!!!. alleged sender MR. CHRIS JOSEPH reported 21st October 2016

0.28% NEW USAA ONLINE MESSAGE alleged sender USAA reported 21st October 2016

0.27% We noticed unusual activity in your PayPal account alleged sender PayPal reported 26th October 2016

0.27% Account Locked - Urgent Verification Required alleged sender USAA reported 23rd October 2016

0.26% Bank of America Alert: Account locked due to unusual activity. alleged sender Bank of reported 26th October 2016

0.25% TEST AND KEEP THE AMAZONS NEW SMARTPHONE alleged sender Amazon reported 21st October 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
USAA	2
OFFER	1
TIME	1
LIMITED	1
PAYPAL	1
KIMBERLEE	1
CARE	1
CUSTOMER	1
BANK	1
OMG	1
WILLIAM	1
UNIO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
YOUR	5
LOCKED	4
UNUSUAL	2
REQUIRED	2
VERIFICATION	2
NANCYTYLER,	1
ACTIVITY	1
PAYPAL	1
NOTICED	1
HALLOWEEN	1
CARD	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
VIET NAM	1
SOUTH AFRICA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
INDIA	1
TURKEY	1

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