{"id":3267,"date":"2026-09-28T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/your-situation\/payment-after-fake-email\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:20:09","slug":"payment-after-fake-email","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/your-situation\/payment-after-fake-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Payment after a fake email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Your company has transferred money to the wrong account, following a deceptively real email from management, from a supplier with supposedly new bank details or from a customer. Or a customer has paid fraudsters and expects you to let the matter rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">What matters now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inform your own bank and the recipient bank immediately; a recall sometimes only succeeds within the first hours.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Report the matter to the police and document the incident.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Check whether a mailbox has been compromised; if so, there is often also a data breach with a notification duty.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Who bears the loss is often disputed and depends on whose security precautions failed.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Check insurance, such as cyber or fidelity insurance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">Documents I need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the fake emails with their headers<\/li>\n\n\n<li>transfer receipts and bank statements<\/li>\n\n\n<li>correspondence with banks, police and the business partner<\/li>\n\n\n<li>insurance policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">Next steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Send me the documents by email to <a href=\"mailto:kanzlei@bauer.legal\">kanzlei@bauer.legal<\/a> or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/submit-appointment-request\/\">appointment request<\/a>, and mention any deadline that is running. I usually reply within one working day and let you know how things can proceed. You can write to me in English or German. If the deadline is close, it is best to call: <a href=\"tel:+4933365784007\">+49 33365 784007<\/a>. How we work together and how fees are charged is explained under <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/how-we-work-together\/\">How we work together<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/information-technology-law-it-law\/\">IT law<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/general-civil-and-commercial-law\/\">Civil and commercial law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bl-stand wp-block-paragraph\">This page gives a general overview of German law and does not replace advice on the individual case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your company has transferred money to the wrong account, following a deceptively real email from management, from a supplier with supposedly new bank details or from a customer. Or a customer has paid fraudsters and expects you to let the matter rest. What matters now Documents I need Next steps Send me the documents by&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/your-situation\/payment-after-fake-email\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Payment after a fake email<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"Payment after a fake email (CEO fraud, changed bank details)","_genesis_description":"Money transferred to the wrong account after a fake email from management or a supplier? 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