Weekly analysis - 8th April 2017 to 15th April 2017

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15-Apr-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 8th April 2017 to 15th 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 8th April 2017 to 15th April 2017

During the week we reported a total of 7 phishing scams

7 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)

0.39% Your O2 bill is already ready alleged sender O2 reported 8th April 2017

0.33% Important Statement from American Express alleged sender American Express reported 10th April 2017

0.25% Amazon - 3rd attempt failed alleged sender Amazon reported 11th April 2017

0.21% Please Verify your Apple ID before We closed your account alleged sender Apple reported 14th April 2017

0.2% Alert Notice from American Express alleged sender American Express reported 8th April 2017

0.17% 2010 CUSTOMER UPDATE alleged sender HSBC BANK PLC reported 4th March 2010

0.15% [!! ] Failed to validate your account info alleged sender Argos.co.uk reported 6th April 2017

0.15% Executive Director FBI alleged sender FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO reported 14th April 2017

0.12% Request to Update Your Chase Account Information! alleged sender Chase reported 13th April 2017

0.12% RECEIVE YOUR O2 BILL IS READY (CONTAINS MALWARE SANESECURITY.MALWARE.26842.UNOFFICIAL) alleged sender O2 reported 13th April 2017

0.1% Verification Required alleged sender Martin Cox reported 17th November 2016

0.1% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	2
FEDERAL	1
INVESTIGATIO	1
BUREAU	1
CHASE	1
EXPRESS	1
AMAZON	1
AMERICAN	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	4
ACCOUNT	3
UPDATE	2
STATEMENT	2
APPLE	1
VERIFY	1
INFORMATION!	1
CHASE	1
PLEASE	1
CLOSED	1
INFORMATION	1
LOGIN	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	3
FRANCE	2
INDONESIA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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