Tricking an internet user into giving you his/her login name and password. Could also be used to get credit card information. Usualy an act of a lamer on AOL.

The act of setting up a fake store front that looks like the real one to trick people; usually to steal their personal information.

The word was named after Brien Phish who set up a credit card scam in the 1980s over the phone by pretending to be from the credit card company.

Scamming method used to ellicit information from "uninformed" computer users through impersonation of trusted sources.

The imitation of a company or person to get somebody else's money; a hacker term.

collecting logos and graphics from a genuine source (e.g. Citibank) and making fraudulent e-mails out of them, to obtain data about a person

Little fucking Internet nerd faggot shit for brains that trick you into giving out your personal information (passwords etc), I lost my steam (pc gaming service) account with three great games, team fortress 2, CSS and GMod to these shitty fart bandits, get a fuckin life you phishing jizznets

A process used by individuals that are attempting to illegally obtain personal information about a person for the purposes of stealing that person’s identity, financial or personal information. Most commonly used by calling a credit card company, bank or other data collection institution several times to piece together bits of information into a complete profile of a specific individual.