Weekly analysis - 9th January 2010 to 16th January 2010

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16-Jan-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th January 2010 to 16th January 2010

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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 9th January 2010 to 16th January 2010


During the week we reported a total of 151 phishing scams

The 12 most popular scams we reported as defined by search engine visits to each scam report were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.41% Notice of Underreported Income alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 11th October 2009

0.35% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

0.29% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.27% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.2% Natwest Bank OnLine Banking - Important Security Information alleged sender Natwest Bank reported 14th May 2008

0.2% Santander Online Banking - Please confirm your email address alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th January 2010

0.18% Confirm Your Online Membership Details Now alleged sender NatWest reported 22nd November 2007

0.18% Notification of PayPal Limited Account Access alleged sender PayPal reported 11th January 2010

0.18% Restore Your HSBC Account Access alleged sender HSBC BANK PLC reported 11th January 2010

0.18% Please Update Your Hsbc Internet Banking Authorization alleged sender Hsbc Bank Plc reported 11th January 2010

0.17% HSBC UK - Your Account Security - Must Read alleged sender HSBC Bank plc reported 11th January 2010

0.17% Important Banking Mail From HSBC Bank UK alleged sender HSBC Internet Banking reported 11th January 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	76
BANK	72
PLC	45
HALIFAX	15
INTERNET	15
BANKING	13
ABBEY	12
NATIONAL	8
ONLINE	7
AMERICA	6
PAYPAL	5
SECURITY	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	56
HSBC	55
ACCOUNT	45
BANK	31
SECURITY	29
MESSAGE	29
IMPORTANT	23
NOTIFICATION	23
BANKING	22
ONLINE	22
UPDATE	18
FROM	13

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	34
UNITED KINGDOM	12
VIET NAM	8
ITALY	4
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	4
AUSTRALIA	4
GERMANY	4
IRELAND	3
TAIWAN	3
FRANCE	3
POLAND	3
NETHERLANDS	2

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