A phishing scam is when an unknown person sends a link to your email claiming there is some money owed to you, and when you follow the link and its instructions, you will receive the money. But beware of these scams because they will, in many cases, require that you perform some actions in the process. In many cases, they will require that you pay a small payment relative to the much, much larger amount you are promised if you complete the actions. These are scams, and when you pay the requested amount of money to get the funds, you won’t be paid. I have received a few of these scam requests to this site’s inbox recently. I never pay any money, by the way. So beware.