Weekly analysis - 11th March 2017 to 18th March 2017
Weekly analysis - 11th March 2017 to 18th March 2017
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18-Mar-2017MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th March 2017 to 18th March 2017***
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
11th March 2017 to 18th March 2017
During the week we reported a total of
22 phishing scams
21 or
95% 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)
0.59% Shawna just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Shawna reported 2nd March 20170.32% Kaya just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Kaya reported 27th February 20170.3% Farah just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Farah reported 7th March 20170.28% TR: Nila just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9seau_Paix_e reported 12th March 20170.27% Your Amazon.co.uk Account Updates alleged sender Account Amazon UK reported 14th March 20170.26% TR: Annabelle just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9seau_Paix_e reported 12th March 20170.25% Navy Federal Credit Union Alert! : Account Verification Update! alleged sender Navy Federal Credit Union reported 12th March 20170.22% Katharine just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Katharine reported 5th March 20170.22% TESCO BANK - WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO A VIOLATION alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 12th March 20170.22% Bank of America Alert: Your Online Access is Temporarily Locked alleged sender Bank of America reported 14th March 20170.2% Your account has been limited until we hear from you alleged sender PayPal reported 12th March 20170.19% ALERT: We have updates on our Policy Update Page.[521510] alleged sender Apple reported 17th March 2017
Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| BANK |
 2 |
| ONLINE |
2 |
| ACCOUNT |
2 |
| =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9SEAU_PAIX_E |
2 |
| CARD |
2 |
| SERVICES |
2 |
| AMAZON |
1 |
| AMERICA |
1 |
| CHANTAL |
1 |
| SERVICE@PAYPAL.COM |
1 |
| EXPRESS |
1 |
| SUPPORT |
1 |
Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| USD |
10 |
| YOU |
10 |
| JUST |
9 |
| $3,182.00 |
9 |
| WITH |
9 |
| PAYPAL. |
9 |
| NOW. |
9 |
| WITHDRAW |
9 |
| RECOMMENDS |
9 |
| PAYPAL |
9 |
| SENT |
9 |
| YOUR |
6 |
Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| UNITED STATES |
9 |
| NETHERLANDS |
4 |
| GERMANY |
2 |
| THAILAND |
1 |
| FRANCE |
1 |
| INDIA |
1 |
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