Weekly analysis - 15th February 2020 to 22nd February 2020

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22-Feb-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th February 2020 to 22nd 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 15th February 2020 to 22nd February 2020


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

10 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)

0.92% Important Information Regarding Your Chase Online Account alleged sender Chase reported 17th December 2010

0.23% Your AOL Account will be disabled in 7 days alleged sender AOL Mail reported 17th February 2020

0.21% Your Virgin Media bill payment declined alleged sender Virgin Media reported 17th February 2020

0.19% YOU HAVE MASSAGES ON HOLD DUE TO AOL SECURITY UPDATE alleged sender AOL Mail reported 18th February 2020

0.19% FINAL NOTICE: Your AOL Account will be discontinued in 7 days alleged sender no reply (AOL Oath) reported 17th February 2020

0.18% AOL ACCOUNT INFORMATION!!! alleged sender AOL Account Mgmt (AOLAccountMg reported 18th February 2020

0.18% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION ALERT !!! alleged sender Abraham Irala reported 18th February 2020

0.16% AOL Notification alleged sender AOL Mail Service reported 14th February 2020

0.15% FINAL NOTICE: Your AOL Account will be discontinued in 7 days alleged sender no reply (AOL Oath) reported 19th February 2020

0.15% Your AOL Account will be disabled in 7 days alleged sender AOL Mail reported 19th February 2020

0.14% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLCusto reported 21st February 2020

0.14% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION ALERT !!! alleged sender AOL. (Account Mgmt Team) reported 14th February 2020

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	5
MAIL	3
(AOL	2
OATH)	2
REPLY	2
.AOL.	1
CUSTOMER	1
(AOLCUSTO	1
IRALA	1
SUPPORT	1
ACCOUNT	1
MEDIA	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	8
ACCOUNT	7
YOUR	5
WILL	4
DAYS	4
UPDATE	2
DISABLED	2
NOTICE:	2
FINAL	2
DISCONTINUED	2
SECURITY	1
INFORMATION!!!	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	9
ISRAEL	1

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