There has recently been an increase in phishing e-mails that have been made to look like they were sent by Gleiss Lutz. The senders pretend to be employees of Gleiss Lutz and ask the recipients to contact them immediately regarding the recovery of sums of money or similar matters. The e-mails use Gleiss Lutz’s corporate design; however, the e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and web links they contain do not lead to Gleiss Lutz, but instead to the (unknown) senders who are obviously acting fraudulently. These fake e-mails can be recognised in particular by the fact that, instead of the original Gleiss Lutz e-mail address “@gleisslutz.com”, they use similar endings such as “@gleisslutzs.com” or “@gleislutz.com”. It is likely that further variants of phishing e-mails with fake e-mail addresses and other “hooks” will surface in the future.

Please be careful if you receive e-mails from Gleiss Lutz that seem unusual. Pay particular attention to the e-mail address from which the messages were sent. It is important that you check the spelling of the domain name used in the sender address and not the sender’s display name, which can easily be faked. If in doubt, do not open the e-mail or any file attachments and do not click on any suspicious links. Do not send any personal or confidential data if you are not familiar with the subject of a message or if you have any other reason to doubt who it was sent by.

If you have any concerns about an e-mail that you have received from Gleiss Lutz, please do not hesitate to notify your contact at Gleiss Lutz or cybersecurity@gleisslutz.com.