A brief example of what Phishing is.

New Tricks of a Browser Look Familiar - New York Times: "(An example of a phishing fraud is an e-mail message that says, 'Your eBay account will soon be closed; click here for details.' Worried, you click the provided link and confirm your account information. Unfortunately, you've just handed over your credit card and account numbers to the Internet baddies, who have set up a fake eBay screen just for suckers like you.)"