Weekly analysis - 2nd November 2019 to 9th November 2019

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09-Nov-2019

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd November 2019 to 9th November 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 2nd November 2019 to 9th November 2019

During the week we reported a total of 7 phishing scams

7 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)

0.43% Your account has been Iimited untiI we hear from you alleged sender PayPal reported 4th November 2019

0.3% Verification Code From Alibaba Group alleged sender é˜¿é‡Œå·´å·´å›½é™…ç«™ reported 4th November 2019

0.29% your account access is temporarily limited alleged sender service reported 3rd November 2019

0.24% your account access is temporarily limited alleged sender service reported 2nd November 2019

0.24% your account access is temporarily limited alleged sender service reported 5th November 2019

0.21% your account access is temporarily limited alleged sender service reported 6th November 2019

0.21% your account access is temporarily limited alleged sender service reported 8th November 2019

0.13% Notice: Your account PayPaI will be limited in 48h alleged sender PayPal reported 6th August 2019

0.13% [RE] Confirmation ïDNJj%fDzFNj%b%ïNï%hjLbfNrRK alleged sender ICloud Inc.. reported 18th July 2019

0.13% AOL Notification alleged sender AOL MAIL SERVICE reported 13th October 2019

0.12% Notice: Your account PayPaI will be limited in 48h alleged sender PayPal reported 16th September 2019

0.12% Important Information About Your Chase account alleged sender Chase reported 25th October 2019

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	5
PAYPAL	1
é˜¿é‡Œå·´å·´å›½é™…ç«™	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	6
LIMITED	5
TEMPORARILY	5
ACCESS	5
FROM	2
UNTII	1
HEAR	1
PAYPAL	1
IIMITED	1
YOU	1
ALIBABA	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
HONG KONG	5
SWEDEN	1
CHINA	1

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