Weekly analysis - 19th May 2018 to 26th May 2018

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26-May-2018

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th May 2018 to 26th May 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 19th May 2018 to 26th May 2018

During the week we reported a total of 198 phishing scams

145 or 73% 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)

1.06% Urgent Notification (Your Cahoot Bank Account Has Been Block) alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th April 2010

0.52% Message Updates. alleged sender Barclays reported 25th September 2008

0.23% Important Notice (New Online Banking Authentication Procedure) alleged sender TSB Bank Plc reported 20th May 2018

0.23% WELCOME TO ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RBC) ONLINE BANKING DEPARTMENT. alleged sender ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RBC) reported 20th May 2018

0.23% This Important Notification lindacj1@aol.com alleged sender USAA reported 20th May 2018

0.22% Your account Has Been locked ! alleged sender PayPal reported 20th May 2018

0.22% New Message from Boa alleged sender Bank of America reported 20th May 2018

0.22% eBay vehicle for sale alleged sender Dave Jacobs reported 20th May 2018

0.22% Account Receivables (Job Offer) alleged sender Yokohama Rubber Company reported 20th May 2018

0.22% IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 20th May 2018

0.21% YOUR ONLINE ACCESS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender HSBC Bank plc reported 20th May 2018

0.21% Help us protect your account - #4569845212 (lindacj1@aol.com) alleged sender eBay reported 20th May 2018

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	24
CHASE	14
PAYPAL	12
APPLE	11
AMERICA	9
AMAZON	9
AOL	8
ONLINE	8
SUPPORT	6
ITUNES	5
NATWEST	5
USAA	5

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	90
ACCOUNT	63
HAS	26
UPDATE	23
BEEN	18
FROM	17
YOU	17
ONLINE	16
PAYPAL	16
IMPORTANT	15
FOR	14
SECURITY	14

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	89
UNITED KINGDOM	9
HONG KONG	7
GERMANY	4
INDONESIA	3
NETHERLANDS	3
AUSTRIA	2
AUSTRALIA	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	2
FINLAND	2
TURKEY	1
DENMARK	1

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