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Weekly analysis - 27th January 2018 to 3rd February 2018

Weekly analysis - 27th January 2018 to 3rd February 2018


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03-Feb-2018

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 27th January 2018 to 3rd February 2018

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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 27th January 2018 to 3rd February 2018


During the week we reported a total of 3 phishing scams

3 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)

  • 0.25% IMPORTANT: ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW alleged sender Apple reported 31st January 2018

  • 0.21% Help us protect your account - #4569845212 (lindacj1@aol.com) alleged sender eBay reported 1st February 2018

  • 0.13% APPLE PURCHASE SUCCESSFULLY PAYMENT CONFIRMATION SPOTIFY PREMIUM alleged sender App Store reported 28th January 2018

  • 0.1% [ APP STORETEAM ] YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ITEM PURCHASE CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL alleged sender Apple reported 27th January 2018

  • 0.1% PAYPAL PURCHASE SUCCESSFULLY PAYMENT CONFIRMATION SPOTIFY PREMIUM alleged sender PayPal Inc reported 25th January 2018

  • 0.1% APPLE PURCHASE SUCCESSFULLY PAYMENT CONFIRMATION SPOTIFY PREMIUM alleged sender App Store reported 26th January 2018

  • 0.09% Reminder: You Have notification From Apple On 16 January 2018 alleged sender iCloud-cs@appleid.apple.com reported 17th January 2018

  • 0.08% IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR YOUR DISCOVER CARD! alleged sender DISCOVER reported 13th January 2018

  • 0.08% Important update for your Bank of America Account! alleged sender Bank of America reported 25th January 2018

  • 0.08% IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS alleged sender NatWest reported 23rd June 2012

  • 0.07% Verification Required alleged sender Martin Cox reported 17th November 2016

  • 0.07% Re: [Invoice] Thank you for your purchase at Apple Store Order from Dec 26, 2017. alleged sender Order Confirmation AppIe reported 4th January 2018

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

    Keyword Frequency
    EBAY 1
    APPLE 1
    STORE 1
    APP 1
    Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 2
    YOUR 2
    NOW 1
    HELP 1
    PROTECT 1
    (LINDACJ1@AOL.COM) 1
    #4569845212 1
    ACTIVATE 1
    IMPORTANT: 1
    SUCCESSFULLY 1
    PURCHASE 1
    PAYMENT 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED KINGDOM 2

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