Today i received a phishing email. A phishing email is an email that is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as user names, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. eBay, Pay Pal and online banks are common targets. Then way to know if you receive a fake email is to look at the context of the email. Is the spelling correct, the use of words and the URL.