Weekly analysis - 23rd September 2017 to 30th September 2017

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30-Sep-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd September 2017 to 30th 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 23rd September 2017 to 30th September 2017


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

9 or 90% 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)

0.61% TODAY ONLY: Your $50 Amazon gift card alleged sender *****CONGRATULATION***** reported 25th September 2017

0.52% Temporarily Restriction Notice alleged sender Natwest reported 28th September 2017

0.5% Your account has been limited. alleged sender Security Team reported 27th September 2017

0.49% You Have 1 New Security Message Alert ! alleged sender Navy Federal Credit Union reported 26th September 2017

0.47% Secure your rgwalker99@aol.com email account alleged sender Admin reported 28th September 2017

0.45% YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS HAS BEEN DISABLED ! CASEID:98301 alleged sender Apple reported 22nd September 2017

0.41% [ SUMMARY REPORT ] FRAUD ACTIVITY : PLEASE REVIEW YOUR RECEIPT FROM APPLE alleged sender iTunes Store reported 21st September 2017

0.4% [ NEW STATEMENT UPDATE ] FRAUD ACTIVITY : PLEASE REVIEW YOUR RECEIPT FROM APPLE alleged sender iTunes Store reported 21st September 2017

0.35% ACCOUNT UPDATE RECIEPT #DA5413 alleged sender contact reported 29th September 2017

0.28% [News] Message From AMERICAN EXPRESS alleged sender AMERICAN EXPRESS reported 25th September 2017

0.22% Account Issue alleged sender M5N 0ffice-team reported 25th September 2017

0.19% PAYPAL ASK TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT. alleged sender Paypal Inc. reported 30th September 2017

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	1
ADMIN	1
TEAM	1
CONTACT	1
PAYPAL	1
IRS	1
INC.	1
SECURITY	1
UNION	1
EXPRESS	1
AMERICAN	1
0FFICE-TEAM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
YOUR	5
MESSAGE	2
UPDATE	2
EMAIL	1
TEMPORARILY	1
RGWALKER99@AOL.COM	1
SECURE	1
LIMITED.	1
ATTENTION	1
RESTRICTION	1
NOTICE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
SINGAPORE	1
ARGENTINA	1

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