Weekly analysis - 14th July 2018 to 21st July 2018

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21-Jul-2018

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 14th July 2018 to 21st July 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 14th July 2018 to 21st July 2018


During the week we reported a total of 8 phishing scams

6 or 75% 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)

0.57% Re-confirm Your E-mail paulhammon@hotmail.com alleged sender Outlook.com team reported 18th May 2018

0.37% Money Gram Reference number:70289895 alleged sender Anthony accracken reported 18th July 2018

0.3% Important Notice (New Online Banking Authentication Procedure) alleged sender TSB Bank Plc reported 19th July 2018

0.28% eBay vehicle for sale alleged sender Dave Jacobs reported 19th July 2018

0.14% Your ATM CARD alleged sender DHL COURIER COMPANY reported 19th July 2018

0.14% Money Gram Reference number:70289895 alleged sender Anthony accracken reported 19th July 2018

0.14% Donald Trump Is The Powerful Man Barack Obama Never Could Be alleged sender Jim reported 19th July 2018

0.14% A message from HM Revenue charset=utf-8"> alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs - GOV UK reported 19th July 2018

0.13% REIMBURSEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME (INDIVIDUAL, ORGANISATION, AGENT, PENSIONS). alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs - UK reported 19th July 2018

0.1% Notice: Your Profile is Updated ! alleged sender Bank of America reported 13th July 2018

0.07% eBay Change Email Notice alleged sender eBay reported 13th June 2007

0.07% Bank of America Alert: Online Banking ID Looked Up alleged sender onlinebanking reported 13th December 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ANTHONY	2
REVENUE	2
CUSTOMS	2
ACCRACKEN	2
GOV	1
COURIER	1
COMPANY	1
DHL	1
PLC	1
DAVE	1
JACOBS	1
TSB	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
MONEY	2
NUMBER:70289895	2
FOR	2
REFERENCE	2
GRAM	2
ARE	1
AVAILABLE	1
ONLY	1
REIMBURSEMENTS	1
CHARSET=UTF-8">	1
CERTAIN	1
FROM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
UNITED KINGDOM	2

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