Weekly analysis - 29th July 2017 to 5th August 2017
Weekly analysis - 29th July 2017 to 5th August 2017
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05-Aug-2017MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 29th July 2017 to 5th August 2017***
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
29th July 2017 to 5th August 2017
During the week we reported a total of
2 phishing scams
1 or
50% 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)
1.31% Friday Update alleged sender RBS reported 28th July 20171.18% Notification : Update your account to get back to watching. alleged sender National reported 31st July 20171% If you did not make this purchase. alleged sender Apple Purchase reported 1st August 20170.54% :Tesco new security features alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 27th July 20170.34% Email Terminates in 2days, Add Recovery Phone No To Avoid Account Loss!! alleged sender Email reported 27th July 20170.18% Apple just sent you $3,543.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Apple reported 24th July 20170.09% YOUR RECEIPT FROM APPLE STORE alleged sender Apple Service reported 2nd March 20170.09% Congratulations: you have won in Euromillions alleged sender EUROMILLION INTERNATIONAL reported 26th July 20170.08% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 20140.06% New Message alleged sender service@paypal-support.co.uk reported 25th July 20170.06% [Action Required]Unrecognized Account Access Notification alleged sender Eve reported 24th July 20170.06% Important-Information about your Amazon-Store-Card(3811493), Customer ID: lemcool2 alleged sender Amazon-Store-Card reported 3rd July 2017
Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| PURCHASE |
 1 |
| APPLE |
1 |
| NATIONAL |
1 |
Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| NOT |
1 |
| DID |
1 |
| MAKE |
1 |
| THIS |
1 |
| PURCHASE. |
1 |
| YOU |
1 |
| WATCHING. |
1 |
| YOUR |
1 |
| UPDATE |
1 |
| ACCOUNT |
1 |
| GET |
1 |
| BACK |
1 |
Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| UNITED STATES |
1 |
| FRANCE |
1 |
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