Weekly analysis - 2nd September 2017 to 9th September 2017

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09-Sep-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd September 2017 to 9th September 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 2nd September 2017 to 9th September 2017


During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

14 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)

0.54% ***Final Notice: Amazon Rewards expiring soon!** _ alleged sender **Amazon Prime** _ reported 7th September 2017

0.52% ACCOUNT SECURITY NOTIFICATION alleged sender ANZ BANK reported 6th September 2017

0.52% [NEW STATMENT RECIPT] YOUR ORDER IS COMFIRMED ORDER ID : IN83486432569,DOCUMENT NO :165153576544 alleged sender iTunes Payments reported 5th September 2017

0.44% CUSTOMER SUPPORT SECURITY NOTIFICATION alleged sender ANZ BANK reported 7th September 2017

0.38% Your 2 unread messages will be deleted in a few days flirt alleged sender NotificationFacebook reported 4th September 2017

0.37% NEW STATMENT RECEIPT ORDER ID : IN83486438369 DOCUMENT NO :165153293544 alleged sender iTunes Store reported 8th September 2017

0.24% Your Lastest MBNA credit card statement alleged sender MBNA Credit Card reported 4th September 2017

0.18% Docusign Notifications- alleged sender DocuSign reported 2nd September 2017

0.15% Re-confirm Your E-mail paulhammon@hotmail.com alleged sender Outlook.com team reported 9th September 2017

0.1% AMAZON - TAKE OUR 60 SEC SURVEY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $1,000 SHOPPING SPREE ON US! alleged sender Amazon.com reported 9th September 2017

0.1% CBN Directive - FirstOnline To Be Upgraded or get Disabled alleged sender FirstBank@firstbanknigeria.com reported 9th September 2017

0.09% NEW STATEMENT RECEIPT ORDER ID : IN53486438369 DOCUMENT NO :365153676584 alleged sender iTunes Purchase reported 9th September 2017

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ITUNES	4
BANK	3
AMAZON.COM	2
ANZ	2
TEAM	1
PURCHASE	1
KAMINANGA	1
FIRSTBANK@FIRSTBANKNIGERIA.COM	1
OUTLOOK.COM	1
BEHALF	1
**AMAZON	1
CARD	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ORDER	5
DOCUMENT	3
NEW	3
RECEIPT	3
STATEMENT	3
NOTIFICATION	2
ACCOUNT	2
STATMENT	2
SECURITY	2
AMAZON	2
SHOPPING	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
GERMANY	1
TURKEY	1

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