phishing

1. The act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. this is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. the email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, pins or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud.

2. The act of circumventing security with an alias.

3. A scam by which an e-mail user is duped into revealing personal or confidential information which the scammer can use illicitly.

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1. Present participle of phish.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
phishing	17	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gi	3
is	2
in	2
pi	4
hi	5
sh	5
si	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
shh	9
sig	4
psi	5
pis	5
pin	5
pig	6
phi	8
sin	3
nip	5
ins	3
sip	5
ghi	7
gin	4
gip	6
gis	4
his	6
hip	8
hin	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gips	7
snip	6
sinh	7
sing	5
sign	5
sigh	8
pins	6
gins	5
ghis	8
shin	7
ship	9
pish	9
ping	7
pigs	7
phis	9
high	11
hins	7
hips	9
spin	6
nisi	4
nips	6
nigh	8
hisn	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
piing	8
pings	8
highs	12
phish	13
nighs	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
siping	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pishing	13

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
phishing	17