Weekly analysis - 20th February 2010 to 27th February 2010

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27-Feb-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 20th February 2010 to 27th 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 20th February 2010 to 27th February 2010


During the week we reported a total of 158 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)

0.76% A new settings file for the jcarless@btinternet.com has just be released alleged sender btinternet.com Team reported 23rd February 2010

0.53% Receipt of Your Payment to LWPELECTRONICS alleged sender PayPal reported 21st May 2006

0.42% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.41% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

0.29% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.28% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

0.24% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.23% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

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

0.21% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.21% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.2% An attempt to access your Abbey Online Banking was denied alleged sender Abbey reported 23rd June 2009

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	66
HSBC	51
EGG	34
PLC	33
TEAM	17
AOL	15
BANKING	13
ONLINE	11
PAYPAL	9
LEICESTER	7
SECURITY	7
INTERNET	7

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	62
ACCOUNT	46
SECURITY	31
MESSAGE	23
ONLINE	21
IMPORTANT	21
EGG	20
BANKING	20
UPDATE	20
HSBC	19
NOTIFICATION	19
BANK	18

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	47
UNITED KINGDOM	16
GERMANY	16
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	13
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5
ARGENTINA	3
TAIWAN	3
POLAND	3
FRANCE	3
CANADA	3
DENMARK	2
CHILE	2

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