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Weekly analysis - 23rd February 2019 to 2nd March 2019

Weekly analysis - 23rd February 2019 to 2nd March 2019


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02-Mar-2019

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd February 2019 to 2nd March 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 23rd February 2019 to 2nd March 2019


During the week we reported a total of 2 phishing scams

2 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)

  • 0.48% PAYMENT FROM BANK OF GHANA alleged sender Dr.Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison reported 23rd February 2019

  • 0.36% From Bank of Ghana alleged sender ęDr.Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addiso reported 25th February 2019

  • 0.28% -ID 19837 -BBT Online Banking Security Department alleged sender BB&T Bank reported 29th April 2006

  • 0.27% Your Account Security Notification alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 28th February 2019

  • 0.22% The new cannabidiol medicine that is sweeping the USA alleged sender Cannabliss Labs reported 22nd February 2019

  • 0.21% Walk In Tubs Only By American Standard alleged sender American Standard Walk-In Tubs reported 22nd February 2019

  • 0.18% Your Cyber Monday Amazon coupon. Save up to 50%! alleged sender CyberMonday@amazon.co.uk actio reported 29th November 2018

  • 0.18% RE : Your account Apple ID has been locked. Please update information your Apple account Case ID alleged sender Apple reported 19th January 2019

  • 0.18% RE: Reminder : [ New Statement Report ] We received a request code for reset password to your email result on alleged sender Apple reported 28th January 2019

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

  • 0.17% Reminder: Your account will be limited until you provide some additional information! alleged sender service@intl.paypal.com reported 20th November 2018

  • 0.17% Re: [ Statement Update ] [ Mail Important ] Reminder: Important Alert Your Apple ID Account was sign in to alleged sender Apple Support reported 17th December 2018

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

    Keyword Frequency
    FARGO 1
    ONLINE 1
    WELLS 1
    ADDISO 1
    KWAMINA 1
    YEDU 1
    ęDR.ERNEST 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    SECURITY 1
    NOTIFICATION 1
    ACCOUNT 1
    YOUR 1
    BANK 1
    GHANA 1
    FROM 1
    Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 2

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