Phishing

Tricking individuals into disclosing sensitive personal information through deceptive computer-based means.
SOURCE: SP 800-83

Deceiving individuals into disclosing sensitive personal information through deceptive computer-based means.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009

A digital form of social engineering that uses authentic-looking—but bogus—emails to request information from users or direct them to a fake Web site that requests information.
SOURCE: SP 800-115

Internet fraud in which the attacker tries to deceive the victim by inducing  him/her to provide personal information, such as access credentials, bank  account and credit cards details. It is typically done by sending e-mails, which may be more or less targeted, that imitate the graphics and settings of banking or postal sites with which you are required to provide your personal data.

SOURCE: The future of Cybersecurity in Italy: Strategic focus areas Projects and Actions to better defend our country from cyber attacks Laboratorio Nazionale di Cybersecurity CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l’Informatica