Weekly analysis - 27th February 2010 to 6th March 2010

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06-Mar-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 27th February 2010 to 6th March 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 27th February 2010 to 6th March 2010


During the week we reported a total of 149 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)

1.25% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender Amazon reported 31st January 2007

0.59% 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

0.36% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.3% Your Order with Amazon.com (034-4716737-637747) alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 4th March 2010

0.26% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

0.25% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.24% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.23% CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.!!! alleged sender EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNAT reported 3rd September 2005

0.22% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.22% HSBC Bank UK - Online Banking : Message Alert! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 22nd June 2009

0.22% Cahoot Online Autorization alleged sender cahoot reported 27th June 2009

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	73
HSBC	61
PLC	32
EGG	15
HALIFAX	11
AMAZON.COM	9
BANKING	8
AMERICA	7
PAYPAL	6
ONLINE	4
PLC.	4
WESTERN	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	50
ACCOUNT	43
ONLINE	29
HSBC	25
MESSAGE	23
SECURITY	21
UPDATE	20
BANK	19
BANKING	16
FROM	15
NOTIFICATION	14
IMPORTANT	14

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	55
UNITED KINGDOM	7
BRAZIL	7
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	7
AUSTRALIA	6
TAIWAN	5
GERMANY	4
TURKEY	3
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
THAILAND	2
SPAIN	2
POLAND	2

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