Weekly analysis - 9th May 2010 to 16th May 2010

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16-May-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th May 2010 to 16th May 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 9th May 2010 to 16th May 2010


During the week we reported a total of 154 phishing scams

121 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)

0.5% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.42% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.3% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.26% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

0.22% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

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

0.19% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.19% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

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

0.18% Cahoot Online Autorization alleged sender cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.18% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.15% Abbey National Bank eBanking: Update Your Login alleged sender Abbey National Bank reported 18th November 2007

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	61
BANK	54
HALIFAX	21
PLC	19
NATWEST	16
ONLINE	12
PAYPAL	9
PERSONAL	7
EGG	6
NATIONAL	5
MIDDLE	5
EAST	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	56
YOUR	55
ONLINE	44
HSBC	24
MESSAGE	23
UPDATE	22
SECURITY	22
ALERT	20
BANKING	19
ACCESS	17
BANK	17
NOTIFICATION	16

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	61
UNITED KINGDOM	16
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	8
HONG KONG	4
CHINA	4
NETHERLANDS	3
FRANCE	2
CANADA	2
SAUDI ARABIA	2
TAIWAN	2
CHILE	2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2

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