Weekly analysis - 1st February 2020 to 8th February 2020

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08-Feb-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 1st February 2020 to 8th February 2020

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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 1st February 2020 to 8th February 2020


During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

11 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)

0.58% (rgwalker99@aol.com) Account Shutdown Notification alleged sender Mail Service reported 3rd February 2020

0.39% Someone may have accessed your account alleged sender Support reported 1st February 2020

0.36% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION ALERT !!! alleged sender AOL. (Account Mgmt Team) reported 5th February 2020

0.36% AOL ACCOUNT SERVICES!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLSuppo reported 5th February 2020

0.35% UPDATE alleged sender .Aol. reported 5th February 2020

0.3% ACTION REQUIRE: AOL OATH TERMS & PRIVACY POLICY CHANGE !!! alleged sender AOL Account Mgmt reported 5th February 2020

0.26% AOL ACCOUNT SERVICES!!! alleged sender AOL Mail Team (AOLMemberInfo@c reported 6th February 2020

0.23% Re: millersmiles.co.uk domain errors alleged sender James Parker reported 6th February 2020

0.22% FINAL NOTICE: Your AOL Account will be disabled in 7 days alleged sender AOL Mail Today reported 7th February 2020

0.2% Your AOL Account will be disabled in 7 days alleged sender AOL Mail reported 7th February 2020

0.2% ACTION REQUIRED: AOL OATH TERMS & PRIVACY POLICY CHANGE !!! alleged sender AOL Account Mgmt reported 7th February 2020

0.19% FINAL NOTICE: YOUR AOL ACCOUNT WILL BE DISABLED IN 7 DAYS alleged sender AOL Mail reported 27th January 2020

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	7
MAIL	5
MGMT	3
ACCOUNT	2
(AOLMEMBERINFO@C	1
TEAM	1
JAMES	1
PARKER	1
TODAY	1
(AOLSUPPO	1
SUPPORT	1
TEAM)	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	8
ACCOUNT	7
YOUR	3
!!!	3
WILL	3
DAYS	3
DISABLED	3
CHANGE	2
POLICY	2
TERMS	2
SERVICES!!!	2
PRIVACY	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	10
JAPAN	1

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