Weekly analysis - 25th March 2017 to 1st April 2017

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01-Apr-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 25th March 2017 to 1st April 2017

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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 25th March 2017 to 1st April 2017


During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

16 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)

0.2% Earn cash back on purchases—See if you Pre-Qualify alleged sender Credit One Platinum Visa Credi reported 28th March 2017

0.2% New Auto Insurance Rates for 2017 alleged sender Cheap Auto Insurance Today reported 27th March 2017

0.2% Bank of America Alert: Your Online Access is Temporarily Locked alleged sender Bank of America reported 28th March 2017

0.19% [IMPORTANT]:UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION NOW alleged sender amazon reported 26th March 2017

0.17% UNITED BANK OF AFRICA INTERNATIONAL alleged sender MR ANTHONY CHARLES reported 30th March 2017

0.15% =?UTF-8?Q?Erro_no_endere=C3=A7o_de_entrega.?= alleged sender CTTExpresso reported 29th March 2017

0.13% Internet Banking Urgent Security Notice alleged sender Bank of Queensland reported 27th March 2007

0.13% Your W-2 can be a 1-stop shop for identity thieves alleged sender LifeLock reported 26th March 2017

0.13% Reminder: We have updates on our Policy Update page, service [246] alleged sender Apple ID reported 31st March 2017

0.13% Open a new credit account alleged sender CardApprovalUSA reported 27th March 2017

0.13% Open a new credit account alleged sender CardApprovalUSA reported 26th March 2017

0.12% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender PayPal reported 19th January 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	2
CARDAPPROVALUSA	2
AMAZON	2
SATELLITE	1
DEALER	1
YAHOO	1
GIFT	1
CHARLES	1
CITI	1
FINANCIAL	1
CRIMES	1
AND	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	3
YOUR	3
NEW	3
OPEN	2
FOR	2
BANK	2
INFORMATION	2
UPDATE	2
SECURITY	2
CREDIT	2
SERVICE	1
FREE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
THAILAND	2
NETHERLANDS	1
FRANCE	1
NORWAY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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