Weekly analysis - 11th April 2020 to 18th April 2020

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18-Apr-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th April 2020 to 18th 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 11th April 2020 to 18th April 2020


During the week we reported a total of 5 phishing scams

5 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)

0.34% FINAL NOTICE: Your AOL Mail will be discontinued in 7 days alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 13th April 2020

0.27% Important Information About Your AOL - Email Service alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 14th April 2020

0.25% Please Contact Us Immediately to Update Your Information alleged sender Bank of America reported 17th May 2018

0.24% Important Information About Your AOL - Email Service alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 11th April 2020

0.24% Verify Your Account Now Before It Get Suspunded alleged sender pay pal reported 15th April 2020

0.21% Important Information About Your AOL - Email Service alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 15th April 2020

0.21% UPDATE alleged sender Aol. reported 15th April 2020

0.19% Important Information About Your AOL - Email Service alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 10th April 2020

0.16% IMPORTANT AOL MAIL UPDATE!!! alleged sender AOL Mail Team (noreply@cc.aol. reported 27th March 2020

0.14% Aol !!! alleged sender Aol Member Info reported 10th April 2020

0.11% Daily up01.04.2020s from GvPortal Gateway/01|04|2020/Electronic alleged sender Hportal Agreement h.m|r.c Noti reported 2nd April 2020

0.11% RE: 1 new message alleged sender HotmailOutlookCheck reported 6th April 2020

 

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	3
SERVICE	3
CUSTOMER	3
PAL	1
AOL.	1
PAY	1

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	4
AOL	3
ABOUT	2
EMAIL	2
SERVICE	2
IMPORTANT	2
INFORMATION	2
NOW	1
ACCOUNT	1
BEFORE	1
GET	1
SUSPUNDED	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	5

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