|  | What is phishing?Phishing is the act of sending an email to a recipient falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the recipient into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The email directs the recipient to visit a web site where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers. The web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user's information.
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