Weekly analysis - 21st July 2018 to 28th July 2018
Weekly analysis - 21st July 2018 to 28th July 2018
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28-Jul-2018MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 21st July 2018 to 28th July 2018***
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
21st July 2018 to 28th July 2018
During the week we reported a total of
4 phishing scams
2 or
50% 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)
0.56% YOUR PAYMENT OF $11.500,000 USD alleged sender BOA reported 22nd July 20180.51% Re-confirm Your E-mail paulhammon@hotmail.com alleged sender Outlook.com team reported 18th May 20180.5% Important Notice (New Online Banking Authentication Procedure) alleged sender TSB Bank Plc reported 19th July 20180.5% eBay vehicle for sale alleged sender Dave Jacobs reported 19th July 20180.46% Money Gram Reference number:70289895 alleged sender Anthony accracken reported 18th July 20180.26% Update Your Account alleged sender Bank of America reported 27th July 20180.18% Your access to Online Banking service is restricted alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 26th July 20180.15% Your ATM CARD alleged sender DHL COURIER COMPANY reported 19th July 20180.11% Money Gram Reference number:70289895 alleged sender Anthony accracken reported 19th July 20180.1% A message from HM Revenue charset=utf-8"> alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs - GOV UK reported 19th July 20180.1% REIMBURSEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME (INDIVIDUAL, ORGANISATION, AGENT, PENSIONS). alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs - UK reported 19th July 20180.09% Donald Trump Is The Powerful Man Barack Obama Never Could Be alleged sender Jim reported 19th July 2018
Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword |
Frequency |
ONLINE |
2 |
FARGO |
2 |
WELLS |
2 |
AMERICA |
1 |
BANK |
1 |
BOA |
1 |
Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword |
Frequency |
YOUR |
4 |
SERVICE |
2 |
RESTRICTED |
2 |
ONLINE |
2 |
BANKING |
2 |
ACCESS |
2 |
FINAL |
1 |
NOTICE: |
1 |
ACCOUNT |
1 |
PAYMENT |
1 |
USD |
1 |
$11.500,000 |
1 |
Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword |
Frequency |
UNITED STATES |
1 |
NETHERLANDS |
1 |
AUSTRIA |
1 |
IRELAND |
1 |
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