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Phishing in the mobile network is a recent threat that extracts sensitive data from the users especially in online shopping, social networking etc. The hackers can target the mobile users using phishing web pages when they are browsing. The various reasons behind the mobile phishing attacks are small screen size, lack of identity index, preferences and usage of the mobile users etc. In recent times, the mobile browsers have become capable enough to support every kind of web browsing such as online banking, online shopping, online socializing, etc. Finally, it is ended to share sensitive data to the phishing websites. Users deal with certain massive experiences in mobile platform. The mobile phones have certain limitations when it comes to the hardware part of the device. In order to enhance the user experience, various well-known companies have developed mobile applications that have in turn brought the phishing in mobiles into the spotlight. The phishing application succeeds in deducing the user ‘s credentials from the unsuspecting users that are stored in the phishing servers.