Weekly analysis - 22nd July 2017 to 29th July 2017

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29-Jul-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd July 2017 to 29th 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 22nd July 2017 to 29th July 2017

During the week we reported a total of 9 phishing scams

9 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)

0.59% Apple just sent you $3,543.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Apple reported 24th July 2017

0.55% [Action Required]Unrecognized Account Access Notification alleged sender Eve reported 24th July 2017

0.55% Email Terminates in 2days, Add Recovery Phone No To Avoid Account Loss!! alleged sender Email reported 27th July 2017

0.55% Apple Notification alleged sender Apple Store reported 24th July 2017

0.53% New Message alleged sender service@paypal-support.co.uk reported 25th July 2017

0.51% Congratulations: you have won in Euromillions alleged sender EUROMILLION INTERNATIONAL reported 26th July 2017

0.5% :Tesco new security features alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 27th July 2017

0.47% Notification : Update your account to get back to watching. alleged sender National reported 26th July 2017

0.46% PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT USD$15,000.00 TODAY alleged sender Dr BEN CHRIS reported 21st July 2017

0.42% Important message. alleged sender Yorkshire Bank reported 21st July 2017

0.33% Friday Update alleged sender RBS reported 28th July 2017

0.24% LATE PAYMENT alleged sender Natwest Bank reported 18th July 2017

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	2
EMAIL	1
TESCO	1
BANK	1
RBS	1
INTERNATIONAL	1
EUROMILLION	1
EVE	1
STORE	1
SERVICE@PAYPAL-SUPPORT.CO.UK	1
NATIONAL	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	3
NOTIFICATION	3
APPLE	2
NEW	2
UPDATE	2
YOU	2
TERMINATES	1
2DAYS,	1
EMAIL	1
EUROMILLIONS	1
CONGRATULATIONS:	1
HAVE	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SINGAPORE	2
UNITED STATES	2
BULGARIA	1
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	1
CHINA	1
KENYA	1
FRANCE	1

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