Question

in phishing scams, a scam artist obtains the victims personal information by
collecting it on websites.
asking for it.
stealing it.
searching for it online.

Explanation:

Phishing scams typically involve scammers posing as legitimate entities (like banks or companies) and asking victims to provide personal information (such as passwords, credit card numbers) through fake emails, websites, or messages. It's not about collecting already - available info on websites (as that would be more of data scraping in some cases), not stealing in the sense of physically taking something (it's tricking the victim to give it), and not just searching for it online (as the key is the victim providing it).

Answer:

asking for it.