Weekly analysis - 16th January 2010 to 23rd January 2010

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23-Jan-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 16th January 2010 to 23rd 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 17th January 2010 to 24th January 2010


During the week we reported a total of 112 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)

0.33% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

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

0.27% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

0.25% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.23% http://www.songak.ms.kr/ bbs/icon/okey.php alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank reported 22nd October 2008

0.22% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.21% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.2% CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.!!! alleged sender EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNAT reported 3rd September 2005

0.2% VALIDATE YOUR ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT alleged sender HSBC reported 17th January 2010

0.2% Abbey Credit Card Payment alleged sender Payment Service Dept reported 17th January 2010

0.2% Bank of America Alert : Confirm Your Account Information alleged sender Bank of America reported 18th January 2010

0.19% HSBC: INTERNET BANKING ALERT!!! alleged sender HSBC reported 18th January 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	41
HSBC	36
PLC	26
HALIFAX	12
ABBEY	9
PAYPAL	8
ONLINE	6
LLOYDS	6
TSB	6
INTERNET	5
NATIONAL	5
AOL	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	54
ACCOUNT	37
ONLINE	22
HSBC	19
SECURITY	18
UPDATE	16
BANK	15
BANKING	14
MESSAGE	14
IMPORTANT	13
INFORMATION	12
ACCESS	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	53
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	9
UNITED KINGDOM	7
BRAZIL	6
CZECH REPUBLIC	4
GERMANY	3
MALAYSIA	2
NORWAY	1
SWITZERLAND	1
TURKEY	1
TAIWAN	1
IRELAND	1

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