Phishing is the criminal work of sending emails, messages, or fake websites that trick someone into giving away private information — a bank number, a password, a code from your phone. The thief then uses that information to take money or goods. The bait looks real: a bank logo, a delivery notice, a boss asking you to 'confirm'.

Phishing is the criminal work of sending emails, messages, or fake websitesPhishing是一種犯罪手法，透過寄送電子郵件、訊息，或假網站，that trick someone into giving away private information騙人交出私人資訊——a bank number, a password, a code from your phone像是銀行帳號、密碼、或手機收到的驗證碼。The thief then uses that information騙子接著用這些資訊，to take money or goods來盜取金錢或財物。The bait looks real誘餌看起來很真實：a bank logo, a delivery notice, a boss asking you to 'confirm'像是銀行標誌、貨運通知、或老闆要你「確認」什麼。

Though actually, the word is a joke spelling of fishing. Early computer crackers wrote ph- instead of f- so their talk would slip past simple scans, the same trick you see in words like phreak and phat. So people 'phish' the way you fish: put bait in the water and wait.

Though actually不過事實上，the word is a joke spelling of fishing這個字是fishing（釣魚）的玩笑拼法。Early computer crackers wrote ph- instead of f-早期的電腦駭客把f-改寫成ph-，so their talk would slip past simple scans好讓他們的用語躲過簡單的關鍵字掃描，the same trick you see in words like phreak and phat這跟phreak、phat這些字用的是同一招。So people 'phish' the way you fish所以人們「phish」的方式就跟釣魚一樣：put bait in the water and wait把餌放進水裡然後等待。

It is everyday news English now, not hacker slang only. You can also use it as a verb: they phished him; a phishing email. Formal enough for a bank warning; common enough for a family chat about a suspicious LINE message.

It is everyday news English now現在它已經是日常新聞英文，not hacker slang only不只是駭客的黑話了。You can also use it as a verb也可以當動詞用：they phished him; a phishing email例如they phished him（他們騙了他）；a phishing email（一封釣魚郵件）。Formal enough for a bank warning正式到可以用在銀行的警示訊息裡；common enough for a family chat about a suspicious LINE message也隨性到可以在家人聊可疑LINE訊息時提起。