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phishing
- Definition
- Using "falsified" e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging personal or financial data such as credit numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. (Source: Termium)
- French
- hameçonnage
- Associated words and phrases
- phisher
to phish
phishing e-mail - Associated words and phrases also defined
- spear-phishing
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