Weekly analysis - 13th February 2010 to 20th February 2010

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21-Feb-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 13th February 2010 to 20th February 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 13th February 2010 to 20th February 2010


During the week we reported a total of 1345 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)

0.32% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

0.32% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.3% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.22% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.21% HSBC Bank UK - Online Banking : Message Alert! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 22nd June 2009

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

0.2% Notification from Discover Bank alleged sender Discover Bank reported 24th June 2009

0.19% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.19% The Cut Off Taxes Program alleged sender Australian Taxation Office reported 26th June 2009

0.18% Abbey Bank Alert: Account Upgrade Notification alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 22nd June 2009

0.18% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

0.18% Security Update alleged sender Cahoot Bank reported 25th June 2009

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	525
HSBC	436
PLC	233
EGG	206
BANKING	99
AOL	80
INTERNET	76
TEAM	73
PAYPAL	73
ONLINE	59
ALLIANCE	51
AMERICA	42

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	441
ACCOUNT	347
SECURITY	279
MESSAGE	260
ONLINE	252
BANK	215
HSBC	161
IMPORTANT	154
INFORMATION	139
ALERT	135
NEW	134
UPDATE	126

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	423
UNITED KINGDOM	113
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	98
CANADA	66
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	54
AUSTRALIA	47
GERMANY	42
JAPAN	33
FRANCE	31
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	26
ITALY	22
NETHERLANDS	19

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