What is the meaning of phishing?

to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one. read more

Definition of phishing. : a scam by which an e-mail user is duped into revealing personal or confidential information which the scammer can use illicitly. read more

Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. read more