Phishing is the act of tricking someone to get information from them to steal their identity. It can be done by sending fake email saying a company is wanting information updated. It can also be through emails or links on a site that upload spyware or viruses to a persons computer to track activities or steal information.

I got a virus one time a long time ago that sent my AOL password from my email to someone else. Everytime I changed my email it would send it again. I did eventual get rid of the virus without any harm to me or my computer. This is would be an example.

I'm not sure what you were doing on your site, but it seems that someone feels you were doing something. Sounds to me that you were not doing anything wrong; just misunderstood for some reason. Hope you get everything straightened out.

What is phishing?
I learnt about phishing just some days ago...
Phishing is a kind of hacking. But here is some difference I say it to all who answered this question. Usually when hackers are make phishing first they steal all of information and data of this site or mailing system. Then they make a same copy of this site totally same copy there is no difference not a single word. But how they can I don't know, sorry for this.

There is two kind of phishing. Sometime hackers are make damage the original site or system or they don't harm any data or service of original site. Then when any customer of this site want to go your site they automatically will go phishing site but your customer can not understand that it is a fake site!! Then when he ask for service he will not get but he already done his payment for service!! Then your customer will think that you cheated with him.

Another one can freeze your site then they will take advantage of your site they will give service to the customer but you make a company with hard work but they take away from you without any loss!!!

Are you want any example??
It is true that I did not hear this word(phishing) few days before but now I have real experience.Whats that?
Listen...

I want to be a web developer so I often go a web developing firm named munshigi.com. Owner of this company is my uncle.

www.jafarandfamily.com

Is a japan based halal online store. This online shopping site was build by our firm, but previous year they take away their site to another tokyo based developing firm. But previous month they fall under phishing!! but they can understand that current month then they informed us.

Their phishing is first category of above. A another site has been build same as this site..... then the customer wanted to buying things from there but they diverted to another site which is clone of this site. Then they give payment but the company did not delivered them their order!!

Then one customer came to company's office and told them that he will go to court!!!

Then original site can understand that what happened!!

Now original site was closed but phishing site is open. Hosting company able to of jafarnadfamily able to get phishing sites information.

Then phishing site was closed by hackers who created this but they already earned many and got all information of this site.

Now jafarandfamily changing their all information and password.

Now is it clear what is phishing and get example? If you ask this question some day ago you can see a instant phishing site.

You also can be sure by contacting with jafarandfamily.com but don't say you will publish this news.... you can say you are a owner of a site....

In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading(pretending to be someone else) as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging, and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Even when using server authentication, it may require tremendous skill to detect that the website is fake. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to fool users, and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures.

Once a victim visits the phishing website the deception is not over. Some phishing scams use JavaScript commands in order to alter the address bar.This is done either by placing a picture of a legitimate URL over the address bar, or by closing the original address bar and opening a new one with the legitimate URL

Phishing is a fraudulent attempt, usually made through email, to steal your personal information. The best way to protect yourself from phishing is to learn how to recognize a phish.

Phishing emails usually appear to come from a well-known organization and ask for your personal information — such as credit card number, social security number, account number or password. Often times phishing attempts appear to come from sites, services and companies with which you do not even have an account.

What to look for in a phishing email

Generic greeting.
Phishing emails are usually sent in large batches. To save time, Internet criminals use generic names like "First Generic Bank Customer" so they don't have to type all recipients' names out and send emails one-by-one. If you don't see your name, be suspicious.
Forged link.
Even if a link has a name you recognize somewhere in it, it doesn't mean it links to the real organization. Roll your mouse over the link and see if it matches what appears in the email. If there is a discrepency, don't click on the link. Also, websites where it is safe to enter personal information begin with "https" — the "s" stands for secure. If you don't see "https" do not proceed.
Requests personal information.
The point of sending phishing email is to trick you into providing your personal information. If you receive an email requesting your personal information, it is probably a phishing attempt.
Sense of urgency.
Internet criminals want you to provide your personal information now. They do this by making you think something has happened that requires you to act fast. The faster they get your information, the faster they can move on to another victim.

sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

If your website has misspellings in the domain, page titles, or possibly even content, it can be marked as a phishing attempt. This is because most phishing attempts work by trying to closely resemble some other site. If a browser, and you don't say which browser you are using, but it sounds like a feature of the browser, says a site may be phishing, it is because something about the site looks funny. it may be asking too much, but check that your site has proper grammar and spelling, and that your domain and page names aren't trying to resemble other legitimate sites.