Weekly analysis - 28th March 2020 to 4th April 2020

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04-Apr-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th March 2020 to 4th April 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 28th March 2020 to 4th April 2020


During the week we reported a total of 3 phishing scams

3 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)

1.15% IMPORTANT AOL MAIL UPDATE!!! alleged sender AOL Mail Team (noreply@cc.aol. reported 27th March 2020

1.14% Important information about Aol update (ACTION REQUIRED) alleged sender Aol mail. reported 30th March 2020

0.62% IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AOL SECURITY (Action Required) alleged sender Aol mail. reported 27th March 2020

0.56% Daily up01.04.2020s from GvPortal Gateway/01|04|2020/Electronic alleged sender Hportal Agreement h.m|r.c Noti reported 2nd April 2020

0.47% Important Information About Your Chase account alleged sender Chase reported 25th March 2020

0.44% Receipt for your payment to actmodz@gmail.com alleged sender PayPal reported 14th December 2015

0.39% RE: Login notification from United States [ Notification lD : 56VIU1 ] alleged sender Apple lnc. reported 23rd March 2020

0.36% ACTION REQUIRED: AOL OATH Terms margin-left:25px;visibility:visible;" alleged sender Customer Service reported 26th February 2020

0.35% secure@paypal.com alleged sender PayPal reported 16th March 2020

0.35% YOU HAVE MASSAGES ON HOLD DUE TO AOL SECURITY UPDATE alleged sender AOL Mail reported 18th February 2020

0.35% AOL MAIL SERVICE UPDATE alleged sender AOL SERVICE MAIL reported 10th March 2020

0.35% Access to your Account is about to expire. alleged sender Chɐse Online® reported 21st March 2020

 

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NOTI	1
BLOCKCHAIN	1
H.M|R.C	1
AGREEMENT	1
MAIL.	1
HPORTAL	1
AOL	1

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

Keyword	Frequency
GVPORTAL	1
FROM	1
GATEWAY/01|04|2020/ELECTRONIC	1
BLOCKCHAIN	1
ALERT,	1
SECURITY	1
UP01.04.2020S	1
DAILY	1
ABOUT	1
INFORMATION	1
AOL	1
UPDATE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	3

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