Weekly analysis - 22nd February 2020 to 29th February 2020

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29-Feb-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd February 2020 to 29th 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 22nd February 2020 to 29th February 2020


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)

0.41% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLCusto reported 25th February 2020

0.41% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLCusto reported 24th February 2020

0.38% ACTION REQUIRED: AOL OATH Terms margin-left:25px;visibility:visible;" alleged sender Customer Service reported 26th February 2020

0.38% Your AOL Account will be disabled in 7 days alleged sender AOL Mail reported 19th February 2020

0.37% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION ALERT !!! alleged sender AOL. (Aol Service Update) reported 26th February 2020

0.33% Action Required - System/Security Upgrade alleged sender AOL Mail (Security) reported 26th February 2020

0.3% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLCusto reported 21st February 2020

0.29% (rgwalker99@aol.com) Account Shutdown Notification alleged sender Mail Service reported 3rd February 2020

0.25% AOL TECHNICAL SUPPORT alleged sender AOL SERVICE AOL SERVICE reported 27th February 2020

0.22% UPDATE alleged sender .Aol. reported 20th February 2020

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

0.19% FINAL NOTICE: Your AOL Account will be discontinued in 7 days alleged sender no reply (AOL Oath) reported 19th February 2020

 

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	6
SERVICE	4
CUSTOMER	4
(AOLCUSTO	3
SUPPORT	3
(SECURITY)	1
MAIL	1
AOL.	1
(AOL	1
UPDATE)	1

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	6
ACCOUNT	4
TERMINATION!!!	3
ACTION	2
SYSTEM/SECURITY	1
REQUIRED	1
TECHNICAL	1
SUPPORT	1
MARGIN-LEFT:25PX;VISIBILITY:VISIBLE;"	1
UPGRADE	1
REQUIRED:	1
TERMINATION	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	7

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