Weekly analysis - 1st April 2017 to 8th April 2017

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08-Apr-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 1st April 2017 to 8th 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 1st April 2017 to 8th April 2017


During the week we reported a total of 8 phishing scams

8 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)

0.36% Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N):: #:94575379 alleged sender moneygram office reported 4th April 2017

0.35% Important Update alleged sender Chase reported 3rd April 2017

0.28% Limit alleged sender AOL reported 2nd April 2017

0.28% Dear Victim alleged sender Economic and Financial Crimes reported 3rd April 2017

0.27% MasterCard for Less Than Perfect Credit alleged sender Platinum Indigo MasterCard reported 3rd April 2017

0.23% [!! ] Failed to validate your account info alleged sender Argos.co.uk reported 6th April 2017

0.23% Important Security Notification alleged sender Apple reported 1st April 2017

0.21% Personal Information Update alleged sender Citi Alerts reported 1st April 2017

0.19% Dear Victim alleged sender Economic and Financial Crimes reported 1st April 2017

0.19% Verification Required alleged sender Martin Cox reported 17th November 2016

0.16% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

0.12% =?UTF-8?Q?Erro_no_endere=C3=A7o_de_entrega.?= alleged sender CTTExpresso reported 29th March 2017

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
MONEYGRAM	1
CHASE	1
OFFICE	1
ARGOS.CO.UK	1
EXPRESS	1
AMERICAN	1
CRIMES	1
FINANCIAL	1
INDIGO	1
PLATINUM	1
MASTERCARD	1
ECONOMIC	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	2
ACCOUNT	1
INFO	1
VALIDATE	1
[!!	1
FAILED	1
ALERT	1
NOTICE	1
ALREADY	1
READY	1
BILL	1
EXPRESS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7

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