Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to observe everything while the victim navigates the site, and transverses any additional security boundaries with the victim.
The German version (here) of this page contains a list which gives an overview over the phishing e-mails currently known to us with a fake reference to the GWDG, the University of Göttingen or the MPG. Generally, many more phishing e-mails circulate that have no relation to the mentioned facilities.
Please don't follow any links included in those e-mails and please never enter user credentials (username and password) on websites called up by the links. If you have already done so for your GWDG user or e-mail account, please change your password immediately in our customer portal https://www.gwdg.de. For more information about phishing e-mails, please look at our security instructions and at a comprehensive https://info.gwdg.de/news/en/information-warning-about-phishing-e-mails-for-gwdg-users/.