What is happening

Scammers are impersonating Swiss Biotech Day staff and other SBA representatives to sell fake “pre-registered attendee lists,” sponsor databases, or similar services. These emails are fraudulent — the senders have no connection to the Swiss Biotech Association or Swiss Biotech Day.

We are currently seeing a specific Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaign using subject lines in the format:

"Procurement Proposal + [your company name]"

These messages are personalized by inserting the recipient's company name directly into the subject line to appear legitimate. They are not from us. If you receive an email matching this pattern — regardless of how plausible the sender name or signature looks — treat it as fraudulent and report it.

We never sell or share participant data from our events. Anyone offering attendee lists is running a scam.

Specific warning: typo-squatting domain swissblotech.org

We have confirmed the existence of a typo-squatting domain set up to impersonate us:

• Fraudulent (fake): swissblotech.org — lowercase “L” where the “i” should be
• Legitimate (real): swissbiotech.org

This domain has since been deactivated by the registrar following our abuse report. However, emails sent from this domain before the takedown may still be sitting in inboxes, and the attackers have repeatedly registered new lookalike domains when previous ones were shut down. Remain vigilant.

In most common fonts, bl and bi are visually almost indistinguishable. Any email from an address ending in @swissblotech.org, or any link pointing to swissblotech.org, is a scam. Do not reply, do not click, do not open attachments. Delete the message and, if possible, report it to us with full headers.

When in doubt, check the sender address character by character, or contact us directly via a known, verified @swissbiotech.org address.

How to spot a fake email

• The sender's email does not end in @swissbiotech.org or @swissbiotechday.ch.
• The email offers data, attendee lists, or services we never provide.
• You are pressured to respond quickly or choose from numbered options.
• The Swiss Biotech Association will never ask for your password or login credentials.

What to do

• Do not reply, click links, or open attachments.
• Report the suspicious email here — ideally with the full email headers (we explain how to forward).
• Report phishing to the Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

How the Swiss Biotech Association communicates

As a rule, the Swiss Biotech Association always uses web and email addresses ending with “swissbiotech.org”, or “swissbiotechday.ch” and will never ask you for your login information or passwords to our platforms.

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