European Commission: Funding & Tenders Portal notification

We would like to warn project coordinators and grant beneficiaries of fake phishing emails seemingly coming from beneficiaries, requesting payment of the pre-financing or intermediate payments to a bank account that is not the one of the real beneficiary. Such email addresses look very similar to the real ones but are being used by fraudsters.

To avoid becoming a victim of such fraud, please keep in mind the following:

- Always verify the transmission of bank account data (or changes to such data) of a beneficiary to whom you make payments via a second channel, with a trusted person at the beneficiary, in particular if the information comes via e-mail (that is easy to fake)

- Do not make any financial transaction unless you are certain of the bank account of the recipient

- Do not reply to fraudulent communication and ignore phishing messages

- Do not provide any personal information

- Inform your Granting Authority immediately

Horizon Grants communication team