Weekly analysis - 19th January 2019 to 26th January 2019

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26-Jan-2019

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th January 2019 to 26th January 2019

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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 January 2019 to 26th January 2019

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)

0.39% RE : Your account Apple ID has been locked. Please update information your Apple account Case ID alleged sender Apple reported 19th January 2019

0.37% Verification Code From Alibaba Group alleged sender é˜¿é‡Œå·´å·´å›½é™…ç«™ reported 21st January 2019

0.37% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 8th October 2012

0.37% Western Union Cotonou-Benin Republic alleged sender Mr.Desmond Umeh reported 20th January 2019

0.29% 1 New Secured Message alleged sender Bank Of America reported 22nd January 2019

0.27% Reclusive Millionaire Warns: "Get Out of Cash Now" alleged sender News reported 19th January 2019

0.17% SECURITY ALERT : ACCOUNT LOCKED. alleged sender HSBC reported 31st December 2018

0.16% RE: Doc ID PP0924-15012019-00429 - Votre compte est temporairement limité [ IP CONFLICT ] alleged sender PayPal reported 15th January 2019

0.15% Re: [ Statement Update ] [ Mail Important ] Reminder: Important Alert Your Apple ID Account was sign in to alleged sender Apple Support reported 17th December 2018

0.15% CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY FROM MONEY GRAM AND RIA MONEY TRANSFER TO RECEIVER YOU PAYMENT, alleged sender Mr Baea Jim reported 23rd September 2018

0.14% Reminder: Your account will be limited until you provide some additional information! alleged sender service@intl.paypal.com reported 20th November 2018

0.14% Re: DID YOU ASK ANY BODY TO PICK UP YOU FUND? alleged sender UNMAN MOHAMMED reported 7th September 2018

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
AMERICA	1
BANK	1
é˜¿é‡Œå·´å·´å›½é™…ç«™	1
UMEH	1
MR.DESMOND	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
GROUP	1
ALIBABA	1
NEW	1
SECURED	1
MESSAGE	1
FROM	1
CODE	1
UNION	1
COTONOU-BENIN	1
REPUBLIC	1
VERIFICATION	1
WESTERN	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
CHINA	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1

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