Weekly analysis - 6th March 2010 to 13th March 2010

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13-Mar-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 6th March 2010 to 13th 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 6th March 2010 to 13th March 2010


During the week we reported a total of 130 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)

0.84% Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (1091-14128-29204) alleged sender reported 6th March 2010

0.53% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.37% Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (045-973870-5448606) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 7th March 2010

0.31% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.25% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.24% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

0.23% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.22% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.21% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

0.2% HSBC Bank UK - Online Banking : Message Alert! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 22nd June 2009

0.2% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.19% 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	46
HSBC	38
PLC	22
LLOYDS	14
TSB	12
AMAZON.COM	11
PAYPAL	9
EGG	8
BANKING	8
HALIFAX	7
ONLINE	7
SECURITY	6

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	49
ACCOUNT	44
ONLINE	34
IMPORTANT	20
HSBC	18
BANKING	18
BANK	14
MESSAGE	13
UPDATE	13
NOTIFICATION	12
SECURITY	12
ALERT	12

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	48
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	12
GERMANY	7
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5
UNITED KINGDOM	4
BRAZIL	3
AUSTRALIA	2
TAIWAN	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	2
MEXICO	2
CYPRUS	2
DENMARK	2

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