Weekly analysis - 16th May 2010 to 23rd May 2010

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23-May-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 16th May 2010 to 23rd 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 16th May 2010 to 23rd May 2010


During the week we reported a total of 134 phishing scams

101 or 75% 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)

0.49% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.44% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.33% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

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

0.24% CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.!!! alleged sender EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNAT reported 3rd September 2005

0.21% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.21% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.21% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

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

0.19% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.19% Cahoot Online Autorization alleged sender cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.16% Message (1 Unread Message) alleged sender HSBC reported 14th May 2009

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	45
HSBC	37
HALIFAX	21
PLC	18
NATWEST	14
BANKING	11
PAYPAL	10
AOL	10
ONLINE	8
EGG	8
INTERNET	6
CHASE	6

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	67
ACCOUNT	57
ONLINE	35
BANK	22
ALERT	22
HSBC	21
NOTIFICATION	18
IMPORTANT	18
HALIFAX	17
BANKING	16
SECURITY	16
INFORMATION	16

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	49
GERMANY	9
UNITED KINGDOM	9
CANADA	5
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	4
NETHERLANDS	3
FRANCE	2
IRELAND	2
CHINA	2
BRAZIL	2
ECUADOR	2
MALAYSIA	2

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