Weekly analysis - 18th April 2010 to 25th April 2010

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25-Apr-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 18th April 2010 to 25th April 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 18th April 2010 to 25th April 2010

During the week we reported a total of 61 phishing scams

48 or 79% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

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)

0.86% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.51% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.45% You or someone had used your account from different locations alleged sender USAA reported 19th April 2010

0.36% Update Your HSBC Internet Banking Profile alleged sender HSBC Bank Plc reported 20th April 2010

0.34% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.29% Unsuccessful Login Attempts alleged sender Citibank reported 20th April 2010

0.27% HSBC Bank plc - iBanking Online Alert alleged sender HSBC reported 20th April 2010

0.27% Unauthorized access on your PayPal account! alleged sender PayPal reported 20th April 2010

0.27% Incorrect Login attempt warning! alleged sender Lloyds reported 19th April 2010

0.27% Bank of America Alert: Message From Customer Service alleged sender Bank of America reported 19th April 2010

0.26% *** Your account has been selected to be verified ! *** alleged sender National reported 19th April 2010

0.26% HSBC Bank plc. - Banking Alert Online alleged sender alert@online.hsbc.co.uk reported 20th April 2010

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

Keyword Frequency

HSBC 23
BANK 18
PLC 9
PAYPAL 7
BANKING 6
INTERNET 6
EGG 4
AMERICA 3
AOL 3
HOTMAIL 3
NATWEST 3

LLOYDS 2

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 23
YOUR 21
HSBC 16
ONLINE 14
BANK 13
SECURITY 11
BANKING 10
ACCESS 8
ALERT 7
IMPORTANT 6
NEW 6

MESSAGE 5

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 32
UNITED KINGDOM 3
CHINA 2
AUSTRIA 2
FRANCE 2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 1
GEORGIA 1
GERMANY 1
ARGENTINA 1
JAPAN 1

ITALY 1

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