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Weekly analysis - 5th August 2017 to 12th August 2017

Weekly analysis - 5th August 2017 to 12th August 2017


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12-Aug-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th August 2017 to 12th August 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 5th August 2017 to 12th August 2017


During the week we reported a total of 7 phishing scams

6 or 86% 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)

  • 0.9% If you did not make this purchase. alleged sender Apple Purchase reported 1st August 2017

  • 0.84% Re: Account Updated alleged sender Bank of America reported 9th August 2017

  • 0.66% Notification : Update your account to get back to watching. alleged sender National reported 31st July 2017

  • 0.66% Friday Update alleged sender RBS reported 28th July 2017

  • 0.49% Account Validation alleged sender Chase reported 10th August 2017

  • 0.47% HIGH SECURITY ALERT alleged sender Hotmailoutlook reported 10th August 2017

  • 0.42% REMINDER : YOUR PURCHASE INVOICE HAS BEEN ISSUED -REF #5YJ60743M46734507 alleged sender service@intI.paypaI.com reported 9th August 2017

  • 0.11% About your $16.3million alleged sender Microsoft reported 12th August 2017

  • 0.08% PAYPAL ACCOUNT LIMITED alleged sender PayPal Account Limited reported 12th August 2017

  • 0.08% YOU HAVE UNREAD MESSAGE FROM ALLEN THAT WILL BE DELETED IN 5 DAYS alleged sender FacebookSupport reported 12th August 2017

  • 0.06% New Message alleged sender service@paypal-support.co.uk reported 25th July 2017

  • 0.06% Apple just sent you $3,543.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. alleged sender Apple reported 24th July 2017

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

    Keyword Frequency
    FACEBOOKSUPPORT 1
    PAYPAL 1
    ACCOUNT 1
    LIMITED 1
    MICROSOFT 1
    CHASE 1
    BANK 1
    AMERICA 1
    HOTMAILOUTLOOK 1
    SERVICE@INTI.PAYPAI.COM 1
    Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 3
    YOUR 2
    MESSAGE 1
    UNREAD 1
    YOU 1
    $16.3MILLION 1
    FROM 1
    HAVE 1
    THAT 1
    PAYPAL 1
    LIMITED 1
    DAYS 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 6
    IRELAND 1

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