Question: wht is phishing & related web sites? 

Answer: phising is the attempt to obtain sensitive information by trying to fool a user to input sensitive data into what he/she believes is a real/secure form or email.  \n\nFor instance you might receive an email saying that something happened with your paypal account and they ask you to click in some link, that looks like the real deal ie something.paypal.com, which takes you to a webpage with a form, it will ask you to put some personal information to log on or continue; when you hit the submit button the information will go to someone else not paypal, thus someone getting your sensitive data which might be use for malicious purposes.
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