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

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


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08-Jul-2017

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


During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

14 or 93% 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)

  • 0.77% UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT ID alleged sender AppIe Support reported 5th July 2017

  • 0.62% Revision to Your Amazon.co.uk Account alleged sender Amazon reported 6th July 2017

  • 0.56% Important-Information about your Amazon-Store-Card(5494753), Customer ID: lemcool2 alleged sender Amazon-Store-Card reported 4th July 2017

  • 0.46% Payment Refund Order #D01-9294635-404748 alleged sender Amazon reported 6th July 2017

  • 0.44% Last Notice, Re: Your Payment Info alleged sender Melissa reported 4th July 2017

  • 0.41% That Estus Flask though alleged sender spoof reported 30th June 2017

  • 0.41% You Have One Security Message From NatWest CreditCard alleged sender NatWest CreditCard reported 2nd July 2017

  • 0.36% Important-Information about your Amazon-Store-Card(4974043), Customer ID: lemcool2 alleged sender Amazon-Store-Card reported 3rd July 2017

  • 0.35% βœ…De-activation of Your Yahoo! Email Address. alleged sender βœ… Yahoo! Mail reported 3rd July 2017

  • 0.34% Important-Information about your Amazon-Store-Card(3802887), Customer ID: lemcool2 alleged sender Amazon-Store-Card reported 4th July 2017

  • 0.33% Unusual activity detected In Your Chase Account alleged sender Chase.com reported 29th June 2017

  • 0.29% Important-Information about your Amazon-Store-Card(6679016), Customer ID: lemcool2 alleged sender Amazon-Store-Card reported 4th July 2017

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

    Keyword Frequency
    AMAZON-STORE-CARD 7
    AMAZON 2
    APPIE 1
    MELISSA 1
    SUPPORT 1
    MAIL 1
    βœ… 1
    CREDITCARD 1
    SPOOF 1
    NATWEST. 1
    NATWEST 1
    YAHOO! 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 11
    ABOUT 7
    IMPORTANT-INFORMATION 7
    CUSTOMER 7
    LEMCOOL2 7
    ID: 7
    ACCOUNT 3
    PAYMENT 2
    NATWEST 2
    RE: 1
    NOTICE, 1
    AMAZON-STORE-CARD(6679016), 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 9
    MALAYSIA 1
    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA 1
    INDIA 1
    POLAND 1

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