Weekly analysis - 17th October 2020 to 24th October 2020
Weekly analysis - 17th October 2020 to 24th October 2020
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24-Oct-2020MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 17th October 2020 to 24th October 2020***
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
17th October 2020 to 24th October 2020
During the week we reported a total of
1 phishing scams
1 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)
0.45% SECURITY ALERT: keep your account safe,multiple login on your account. alleged sender PayPal Credit reported 17th August 20200.44% Your account has been locked alleged sender AppIe Service reported 6th July 20200.43% RE: 1 new message alleged sender HotmailOutlookCheck reported 6th April 20200.36% AOL ACCOUNT SERVICES!!! alleged sender AOL Mail Team (AOLMemberInfo@c reported 6th February 20200.32% IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AOL SECURITY (Action Required) alleged sender Aol mail. reported 27th March 20200.24% IMPORTANT AOL MAIL UPDATE!!! alleged sender AOL Mail Team (noreply@cc.aol. reported 27th March 20200.2% Your Account Has Been Locked alleged sender Amazon.com digital-no+56776124 reported 16th October 20200.14% Update required – Netflix account on hold alleged sender TeamNeflix reported 23rd October 20200.12% DROPBOX DOCUMENT alleged sender Ken reported 14th October 20200.11% Important information about Aol update (ACTION REQUIRED) alleged sender Aol mail. reported 30th March 20200.1% Congratulations robin.lambert692@btopenworld.com - YOU WON AGAIN! alleged sender Tayla Walcott reported 21st April 20200.1% â’¸ 2020 AOL Update(Termsfont-family:Helvetica, Arial, alleged sender AOL-Mail Updateâ’¸ reported 9th October 2020
Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| TEAMNEFLIX |
 1 |
Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| HOLD |
1 |
| ACCOUNT |
1 |
| NETFLIX |
1 |
| REQUIRED |
1 |
| UPDATE |
1 |
Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
| Keyword |
Frequency |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
1 |
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