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.
by gridlock January 27, 2004
Scamming method used to ellicit information from "uninformed" computer users through impersonation of trusted sources.
Joe got an e-mail from eBay saying he needed to enter his username and password at the link provided to verify his account information. It later turns out he was a victim of phishing.
by Easy_Target February 20, 2005
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.
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.
by Oliver Clevont August 8, 2004
by drmikedogg January 26, 2004
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
"...we will terminate your checking account, unless you can answer these few simple questions in our survey"
by Container August 25, 2003
a momentary seizure caused by inhaling too much nitrous oxide, too quickly ,without getting enough oxygen .too the casual observer a person phishing may seem hilarious. Though not deadly if the person is not sitting when this occurs, they could suffer injury from falling down.
Person a : "Hey man, remember when jesse lost his two front teeth?"
person b :"of course, he fell on his face when he started
PHISHING. I was at that party. Don't you remember?"
person a : " Ha ha, Um , No"
person b :"of course, he fell on his face when he started
PHISHING. I was at that party. Don't you remember?"
person a : " Ha ha, Um , No"
by slow wet dog farts November 3, 2007
by Mike the Man April 24, 2006