Phishing is a form of spam, except that it is designed to extract information from you, such as:
your email and snail mail address
passwords to sites you are a member of
credit card information
bank account information
In other words, these emails "fish" for information. They are often disguised to look like legitimate emails from sites you are a member of. If you have a Citibank account, a PayPal account, an eBay account, and so forth, you may receive an email that LOOKS just like it came from the site. But they are fakes.
NEVER give out your passwords or bank information by clicking on any link in an email that asks for such information. None of the "real" and legitimate sites will ever ask for such information through an email with a link in it. Don't even click on the links! If in doubt, all sites will usually have a "report spam/phishing" email contact, and you can always forward a suspicious email to them for verification. Hope that helps!Can anyone explain to me what is phishing?
Comes from the analogy that internet scammers are using email bait to fish for passwords and financial data from the sea of internet users. Since hackers have a tendancy of replacing "f" with "ph", the term phishing was derived. The term has evolved over the years to include not only obtaining user account details but access to all personal and financial data.
"In order to verify your Yahoo! Answer question, you will need to provide me with your account name and password." - exampleCan anyone explain to me what is phishing?
Phishing is the practice whereby a fraudster pretends to be from a legitimate organisation, and sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people. See source for details.
The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.Can anyone explain to me what is phishing?
I know it has to do something with scamers on the internet. Why cant they think of something better to do.
Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire personal information from people by false pretenses.
For example if I called you on your phone and said I was a represensitive from your bank and wanted to verify your account informaion and asked you what is the account number currently on your checks.
Phishing can be in the form of a phone call, email, IM or even just someone that questions you in a Mall under the pretense of being a Marketing Surveyor.
Most commonly it is used to describe people that attempt to get personal information from you on the internet.
WHen you're dancing at a Phish concert. To bad they broke up.
hoooooo
Internet Phishing is when scammers try to lure e-mail users into clicking on links to try and steal personal and private information that causes identity theft. Most
e-mails CLAIM to be from legitimate companies, but really AREN'T. It's a scammers way of hurting respected companies while destroying reputations in the process. NEVER click on any e-mails that you don't personally know yourself, like what company sent it, or who it may have come from unless you REALLY know it was sent to you. Also keep in mind to NEVER click on links, because then that signals to scammers that your e-mail address is indeed active.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
What is trojan nd phishing scam ?
how can we alert for phishing emailWhat is trojan nd phishing scam ?
Those are used to trace the personal information like Access Codes and Data.
Trojan: A Trojan is a program that may appear to be legitimate, but in fact does something malicious. Trojans are often used to gain backdoor access - that is to say remote, surreptitious access, to a user's system. Trojans do not replicate as viruses do, nor make copies of themselves as worms do.
Phishing method: Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.What is trojan nd phishing scam ?
Watch the movie Troy to get and idea about 'Trojan Horse'.
Trojan: A program that you run willingly to let someone hack you.
Phishing: A website meant to hack your online account.
Do not use 'pirate' software and check email source to protect yourself from these scams. If any email asks you to enter your login details for security purpose , delete that email and probably block the sender. Also beware of links in your email.What is trojan nd phishing scam ?
trojan - its a kind of file that act as a legitimate file and it does some malicious behaviour and creates a backdoor for future attacks on ur system so be careful with TROJAN
phishing is nothing but a fake webpage created to obtain or extract ur personal information like username password etc .
only ur awareness about phishing can help one from prevent phishing check on the address bar and check for https in ur browser for safe logging in like online bank
thats for steal your personals. Little programs but effective.
Those are used to trace the personal information like Access Codes and Data.
Trojan: A Trojan is a program that may appear to be legitimate, but in fact does something malicious. Trojans are often used to gain backdoor access - that is to say remote, surreptitious access, to a user's system. Trojans do not replicate as viruses do, nor make copies of themselves as worms do.
Phishing method: Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.What is trojan nd phishing scam ?
Watch the movie Troy to get and idea about 'Trojan Horse'.
Trojan: A program that you run willingly to let someone hack you.
Phishing: A website meant to hack your online account.
Do not use 'pirate' software and check email source to protect yourself from these scams. If any email asks you to enter your login details for security purpose , delete that email and probably block the sender. Also beware of links in your email.What is trojan nd phishing scam ?
trojan - its a kind of file that act as a legitimate file and it does some malicious behaviour and creates a backdoor for future attacks on ur system so be careful with TROJAN
phishing is nothing but a fake webpage created to obtain or extract ur personal information like username password etc .
only ur awareness about phishing can help one from prevent phishing check on the address bar and check for https in ur browser for safe logging in like online bank
thats for steal your personals. Little programs but effective.
How do you report phishing.?
I got an e-mail from Yahoo!Customer Service giving me a warning about my account being cancelled and wanted my User Name, Password, Country or Territory and my date of birth. How do I report this and to what Department? How do you report phishing.?
To report a phishing attempt with the form below.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit鈥?/a>
Or you can forward a phishing attempt email to the address below.
phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
How do you report phishing.?
Go here to report the phishing email: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya鈥?/a>
Customer Care will take care of the problem from there once you submitted the report to them.fondue map of united states with cities
To report a phishing attempt with the form below.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit鈥?/a>
Or you can forward a phishing attempt email to the address below.
phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
How do you report phishing.?
Go here to report the phishing email: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya鈥?/a>
Customer Care will take care of the problem from there once you submitted the report to them.
Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
A friend of mine had someone tell her that her pictures from facebook were on cryhike.com. When you go to the site, it immediately tells her that it has detected photos from her ip address have been recently uploaded to the site. In order to see the photos, it wants you to fill out a form with name, email address, etc. I went to the site and it did the same thing. Does anyone know what this site is? I assume that its spam or a phishing attempt.Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
It certainly is. The domain name was created by someone named Victoria David in Las Vegas who has registered other sites exactly like this one.
The information for this site says "THE PIC IS OF A MONKEY - THIS IS A HARMLESS PRANK SITE" but if it was just a prank they wouldn't be asking for your name and email address.Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
Be careful with this kind of lure message:
A new virus is spreading through Facebook %26amp; other "Social Networking" sites.
The Koobface -- a worm designed specifically to spread over social-networking sites -- is blasting spam messages out to Facebook members. The motive is to enable hijacking and click fraud.
The messages offer subject lines like "You look so funny on our new video" or similar enticing words, and offer a link to a video site that pretends to have a movie clip. When the user follows the link, they are redirected to one of many different compromised hosts, where the user is urged to download or open a file named flash_player.exe. That file is a new Koobface variant.
Anything remotely resembling this kind of crud should be marked 'Spam' and deleted via that method.Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
exactly what the people above said.
It certainly is. The domain name was created by someone named Victoria David in Las Vegas who has registered other sites exactly like this one.
The information for this site says "THE PIC IS OF A MONKEY - THIS IS A HARMLESS PRANK SITE" but if it was just a prank they wouldn't be asking for your name and email address.Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
Be careful with this kind of lure message:
A new virus is spreading through Facebook %26amp; other "Social Networking" sites.
The Koobface -- a worm designed specifically to spread over social-networking sites -- is blasting spam messages out to Facebook members. The motive is to enable hijacking and click fraud.
The messages offer subject lines like "You look so funny on our new video" or similar enticing words, and offer a link to a video site that pretends to have a movie clip. When the user follows the link, they are redirected to one of many different compromised hosts, where the user is urged to download or open a file named flash_player.exe. That file is a new Koobface variant.
Anything remotely resembling this kind of crud should be marked 'Spam' and deleted via that method.Does anyone know about cryhike.com? I assume it is spam or phishing?
exactly what the people above said.
What is a Phishing Scam?
I have an option with my e-mail inbox where I can report a phishing scam within the junk menu. What is a Phishing Scam?What is a Phishing Scam?
If you get an email from an organisation trying to get you to part with banking details and passwords - that's phishing.
No reputable bank will ask you to supply these details through an email or in whole.
It's when you use feathers or brightly coloured objects as bait when fishing instead of worms, protect the fish from being scammedWhat is a Phishing Scam?
Phishing is something that is designed to make you hand over your personal details, it may be a password or something even like a credit card number. Or it could even be someone trying to get money from you for some strange reason like they are in debt or something strange.
A phishing scam is a website that pretends to help you out with something so you give them your details. Then they take your details and do things with them. e.g passwords, logins for websites, and others.What is a Phishing Scam?
usually when a website or an email looks like a real email or website from a real company. What phishing is, is that it tries to trick people to give their information to people that you may not know and steal your banking information or other private stuff. They cause lots of identity theft, so if you report an email as a "phisher" you help you email client get rid of email of the same sender and other people's mailboxes as well.
An email trying to con you into giving it info or cash.They also
put false web sites up.Like Yahoo to get your passwords and
get into your pc.
Its where you recieve email from people who are pretending to be a paticular site, for example, eBay, when you recieve a message that looks to be from eBay and has the same layout it could be from anyone using different, cleverly worded websites that include the word eBay to make you think when you click on a link from that paticular email that you are on the real thing..
E.g. Using eBay again, From this fake email you have recieved (unaware) you then click on sign in for example, when you enter your details, the scammers can use your details to sign in on the REAL site and commit fraud.
It easy to tell though if you know the address you should be visiting and try not to follow links but type them yourself. Half the time there lame *** attempts that can be spotted a mile off.
A phishing scam is an identity theft scam that arrives via email. The email appears to come from a legitimate source such as a trusted business or financial institution, and includes an urgent request for personal information usually invoking some critical need to update an account immediately. Clicking on a link provided in the email leads to an official-looking website. Personal information provided to this site, however, goes directly to the scam artist.
Fraud is a growing problem on the internet as people are tricked into providing personal information including credit card numbers, passwords, Mother’s maiden name, bank account numbers, ATM pass codes and social security numbers. Virus protectors and firewalls do not catch most phishing scams because they do not contain suspect code, while spam filters let them pass because they appears to come from legitimate sources.
The links included in phishing scams take the unsuspecting person to a fraudulent website designed to mimic the real thing, often down to the smallest detail including copyright notices, submenu titles and so on. It’s virtually impossible for most people to tell they are the target of a phisher by looking at the site alone. However, clues in the address can sometimes reveal the deception.
Similar looking characters might be substituted in the spelling of the link for the real character so that a “1” (numeral one) is used in place of a lower-case “L.” For example, phishers have used paypa1.com rather than paypal.com. Other times an IP address – a numerical address – is used to hide the fact that the link is not taking the victim to the real site. However, phishing scams have become so sophisticated that phishers can also appear to be using legitimate links, right down to the real site’s security certificate.
The best way to protect yourself from phishing scams is to avoid supplying personal information to an email request. If you believe the request might be legitimate, call the company’s customer service department to verify this before providing any information, but do not use phone numbers contained in the email (if any are included). Even if the request is legitimate, manually enter the required address in your browser rather than clicking on a link, as a phisher scam could conceivably run concurrent with legitimate business.
For example, in early April 2005 a mass emailing that appeared to be from Microsoft Corporation urged recipients to download a much anticipated security update. Those that clicked on the link in the email were taken to a site that looked like a legitimate Microsoft update site. However, instead of updating their software they were actually downloading a Trojan horse (a remote access program that can steal personal information). Microsoft does not use email notification in this way but many were caught unaware.
The famous “letter from Nigeria” was another type of phishing scam. This type of scam is so prevalent, it has its own name: 419 scam. The phisher pretends to be a Nigerian official in distress requiring a U.S. bank account to offload money. The person who allowed temporary use of their account would receive a handsome reward. Instead those who provided their banking information become victims of theft.
PC World reported that research firm Gartner found phishing scams are costing consumers $2 billion a year. While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and others have concentrated on public education, the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 was proposed by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahey (D- Vermont). This would make the creation and use of email addresses and websites that are intended to spoof legitimate businesses for purpose of procuring personal information punishable by fines and jail time. However, catching phishers is difficult. Fraudulent sites operate for very short periods of time and scams are often run from other countries. In March 2005 Microsoft filed 117 phishing lawsuits in the Western District of Washington with unnamed defendants.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an international organization of volunteers working to track phishing scams. Their website keeps an online database of fraudulent emails submitted to them. You can check this site for new scams, or send them phisher email you receive. The APWG is largely an information hub but they do provide links to consumer resources. The FTC also has advice for consumers, an email address for reporting phishing, plus a form to report identity theft.
Companies that have been spoofed by phishing scams include: Microsoft Corp., MSN, eBay, Amazon.com, PayPal, AOL, Comcast, CitiBank, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, and many more.
When someone send you an email saying that you won something or they will give you Millions of dolars but they need all your personal banking stuff to put the money in there
in other words, you give them your personal bank stuff and they just take all your cash away
ways to avoid being scammed by a fish is to never login to your account using a link in an e-mail always type the link in your browser and login manually.
A phishing scam is phony website made to look like a genuine one. The usual procedure is to send an e-mail to you supposedly from your bank/Pay pal/Ebay/building society etc.requesting details. This mail will have an instruction to click on a link which will take you to a website that has been carefully constructed to look like the genuine article. On this website you will be asked all manner of details,bank account No. password etc.
Quite often there will be a "frightener" such as "Your account will be frozen if you do not respond".
None of the institutions I have mentioned will ever send you an e-mail with such a link,so NEVER ever click on such a link and never ever give any details away or you will find your bank balance at zero or have your identity stolen to open other accounts,get credit etc.
If you get an email from an organisation trying to get you to part with banking details and passwords - that's phishing.
No reputable bank will ask you to supply these details through an email or in whole.
It's when you use feathers or brightly coloured objects as bait when fishing instead of worms, protect the fish from being scammedWhat is a Phishing Scam?
Phishing is something that is designed to make you hand over your personal details, it may be a password or something even like a credit card number. Or it could even be someone trying to get money from you for some strange reason like they are in debt or something strange.
A phishing scam is a website that pretends to help you out with something so you give them your details. Then they take your details and do things with them. e.g passwords, logins for websites, and others.What is a Phishing Scam?
usually when a website or an email looks like a real email or website from a real company. What phishing is, is that it tries to trick people to give their information to people that you may not know and steal your banking information or other private stuff. They cause lots of identity theft, so if you report an email as a "phisher" you help you email client get rid of email of the same sender and other people's mailboxes as well.
An email trying to con you into giving it info or cash.They also
put false web sites up.Like Yahoo to get your passwords and
get into your pc.
Its where you recieve email from people who are pretending to be a paticular site, for example, eBay, when you recieve a message that looks to be from eBay and has the same layout it could be from anyone using different, cleverly worded websites that include the word eBay to make you think when you click on a link from that paticular email that you are on the real thing..
E.g. Using eBay again, From this fake email you have recieved (unaware) you then click on sign in for example, when you enter your details, the scammers can use your details to sign in on the REAL site and commit fraud.
It easy to tell though if you know the address you should be visiting and try not to follow links but type them yourself. Half the time there lame *** attempts that can be spotted a mile off.
A phishing scam is an identity theft scam that arrives via email. The email appears to come from a legitimate source such as a trusted business or financial institution, and includes an urgent request for personal information usually invoking some critical need to update an account immediately. Clicking on a link provided in the email leads to an official-looking website. Personal information provided to this site, however, goes directly to the scam artist.
Fraud is a growing problem on the internet as people are tricked into providing personal information including credit card numbers, passwords, Mother’s maiden name, bank account numbers, ATM pass codes and social security numbers. Virus protectors and firewalls do not catch most phishing scams because they do not contain suspect code, while spam filters let them pass because they appears to come from legitimate sources.
The links included in phishing scams take the unsuspecting person to a fraudulent website designed to mimic the real thing, often down to the smallest detail including copyright notices, submenu titles and so on. It’s virtually impossible for most people to tell they are the target of a phisher by looking at the site alone. However, clues in the address can sometimes reveal the deception.
Similar looking characters might be substituted in the spelling of the link for the real character so that a “1” (numeral one) is used in place of a lower-case “L.” For example, phishers have used paypa1.com rather than paypal.com. Other times an IP address – a numerical address – is used to hide the fact that the link is not taking the victim to the real site. However, phishing scams have become so sophisticated that phishers can also appear to be using legitimate links, right down to the real site’s security certificate.
The best way to protect yourself from phishing scams is to avoid supplying personal information to an email request. If you believe the request might be legitimate, call the company’s customer service department to verify this before providing any information, but do not use phone numbers contained in the email (if any are included). Even if the request is legitimate, manually enter the required address in your browser rather than clicking on a link, as a phisher scam could conceivably run concurrent with legitimate business.
For example, in early April 2005 a mass emailing that appeared to be from Microsoft Corporation urged recipients to download a much anticipated security update. Those that clicked on the link in the email were taken to a site that looked like a legitimate Microsoft update site. However, instead of updating their software they were actually downloading a Trojan horse (a remote access program that can steal personal information). Microsoft does not use email notification in this way but many were caught unaware.
The famous “letter from Nigeria” was another type of phishing scam. This type of scam is so prevalent, it has its own name: 419 scam. The phisher pretends to be a Nigerian official in distress requiring a U.S. bank account to offload money. The person who allowed temporary use of their account would receive a handsome reward. Instead those who provided their banking information become victims of theft.
PC World reported that research firm Gartner found phishing scams are costing consumers $2 billion a year. While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and others have concentrated on public education, the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 was proposed by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahey (D- Vermont). This would make the creation and use of email addresses and websites that are intended to spoof legitimate businesses for purpose of procuring personal information punishable by fines and jail time. However, catching phishers is difficult. Fraudulent sites operate for very short periods of time and scams are often run from other countries. In March 2005 Microsoft filed 117 phishing lawsuits in the Western District of Washington with unnamed defendants.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an international organization of volunteers working to track phishing scams. Their website keeps an online database of fraudulent emails submitted to them. You can check this site for new scams, or send them phisher email you receive. The APWG is largely an information hub but they do provide links to consumer resources. The FTC also has advice for consumers, an email address for reporting phishing, plus a form to report identity theft.
Companies that have been spoofed by phishing scams include: Microsoft Corp., MSN, eBay, Amazon.com, PayPal, AOL, Comcast, CitiBank, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, and many more.
When someone send you an email saying that you won something or they will give you Millions of dolars but they need all your personal banking stuff to put the money in there
in other words, you give them your personal bank stuff and they just take all your cash away
ways to avoid being scammed by a fish is to never login to your account using a link in an e-mail always type the link in your browser and login manually.
A phishing scam is phony website made to look like a genuine one. The usual procedure is to send an e-mail to you supposedly from your bank/Pay pal/Ebay/building society etc.requesting details. This mail will have an instruction to click on a link which will take you to a website that has been carefully constructed to look like the genuine article. On this website you will be asked all manner of details,bank account No. password etc.
Quite often there will be a "frightener" such as "Your account will be frozen if you do not respond".
None of the institutions I have mentioned will ever send you an e-mail with such a link,so NEVER ever click on such a link and never ever give any details away or you will find your bank balance at zero or have your identity stolen to open other accounts,get credit etc.
What is a Phishing Filter and why should I turn it on?
Internet Explorer 7 offers dynamic security protection to help keep you safe online. Most users are unaware of how much personal, traceable data is transmitted with every click of the mouse while they are browsing the web and most online users are likely to have trouble discerning a valid website from a bogus copy. A technique used by many malicious website operators to gather personal information is known as phishing — masquerading online as a legitimate person or business for the purpose of acquiring sensitive information (e.g., a credit card or social security number).
Developers of phishing and other malicious activities thrive on lack of communication and limited sharing of information. Using an online service that is updated several times an hour, the new Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7 consolidates the latest industry information about fraudulent websites and shares it with you to proactively warn and help protect you while you browse.
The Phishing Filter is turned on by default when you first use Internet Explorer 7. For Phishing Filter options, including turning it on or off, reporting a suspicious site to Microsoft, and more, go to the Tools menu in the upper-right toolbar, and select Phishing Filter.What is a Phishing Filter and why should I turn it on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing %26lt;- good reference ;)What is a Phishing Filter and why should I turn it on?
phishing are fake mails... or spam.. turning this on will decrease ur spam in ur outlook or windows based email program..
Developers of phishing and other malicious activities thrive on lack of communication and limited sharing of information. Using an online service that is updated several times an hour, the new Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7 consolidates the latest industry information about fraudulent websites and shares it with you to proactively warn and help protect you while you browse.
The Phishing Filter is turned on by default when you first use Internet Explorer 7. For Phishing Filter options, including turning it on or off, reporting a suspicious site to Microsoft, and more, go to the Tools menu in the upper-right toolbar, and select Phishing Filter.What is a Phishing Filter and why should I turn it on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing %26lt;- good reference ;)What is a Phishing Filter and why should I turn it on?
phishing are fake mails... or spam.. turning this on will decrease ur spam in ur outlook or windows based email program..
In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
It's LAY man not lame man :)
Handy link bout phishing e-mails: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/phishing鈥?/a>In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
it is someone sending you an e-mail that looks real and asks you to update your security or enter your user name and password anything that will ask you for personel information! Once they get that info they can break into your account/s Lots of e-bay or paypal looking e-mails! A real one from any company will NEVER ask for a password on a site linked to the e-mail! Always type in the site you want to go to in your browser then you can be sure you are really on the site you want to go to!In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
Phishing is illegally trying to obtain a person's password or other personal information (such as bank account details) by posing as trustworthy entity.
For example, someone would send you an email claming to be from PayPal and feed you some story about losing your details on their computer system. They then ask you for your bank account details so they can re-input it into the system again. Once they have your details they just empty your account. The stories they make up vary, as well as the company they are posing as (PayPal and eBay are the most targeted), but they end result is they same, they want to trick you into giving them details they can use to get your money.In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
as simple as it gets?
they send you a email pretending to be somone else to trick you into giving them stuff like your password or credit card
they dont always have to email you though..the most common way and the one that will probably affect you is phishing done on myspace...you've prolly seen it, you randomly start getting messages/comments from friends advertising sites/products? it basically just means their accounts been taken over cos someone has their password...easily resolved (on myspace anyway) by changing your password...
Handy link bout phishing e-mails: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/phishing鈥?/a>In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
it is someone sending you an e-mail that looks real and asks you to update your security or enter your user name and password anything that will ask you for personel information! Once they get that info they can break into your account/s Lots of e-bay or paypal looking e-mails! A real one from any company will NEVER ask for a password on a site linked to the e-mail! Always type in the site you want to go to in your browser then you can be sure you are really on the site you want to go to!In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
Phishing is illegally trying to obtain a person's password or other personal information (such as bank account details) by posing as trustworthy entity.
For example, someone would send you an email claming to be from PayPal and feed you some story about losing your details on their computer system. They then ask you for your bank account details so they can re-input it into the system again. Once they have your details they just empty your account. The stories they make up vary, as well as the company they are posing as (PayPal and eBay are the most targeted), but they end result is they same, they want to trick you into giving them details they can use to get your money.In lame-man terms what is "Phishing" mean concerning Internet safety?
as simple as it gets?
they send you a email pretending to be somone else to trick you into giving them stuff like your password or credit card
they dont always have to email you though..the most common way and the one that will probably affect you is phishing done on myspace...you've prolly seen it, you randomly start getting messages/comments from friends advertising sites/products? it basically just means their accounts been taken over cos someone has their password...easily resolved (on myspace anyway) by changing your password...
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