Top Twenty Phish Brands for August 2006

The Castle Cops Phishing Incident and Termination (PIRT) Squad have issued it's top twenty brands targeted by phishers for the month of August.

As always, the PIRT Squad are working very hard on our behalf, so don't forget to report your phishing emails. The full list is found on the link below.

August 2006 confirmed phish (brand plus total count for August):

1. PayPal - 147


2. eBay - 118


3. Bank of America - 37


4. Fifth Third Bank - 25


5. Wachovia - 24


6. Nationwide - 22


7. Bank of Scotland (Halifax) - 15


8. Volksbank - 14


9. e-gold - 13


10. Barclays - 10


11. Halifax - 10


12. Wells Fargo - 8


13. CitiBank - 8


14. National Credit Union Administration - 8


15. NAFCU - 7


16. Commonwealth - NetBank - 6


17. Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union - 6


18. Chase - 6


19. Texas Dow Employees Credit Union - 5


20. National Australia Bank - 5

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