Information About Fraudulent Emails and Phone Calls Referencing GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group as well as Fake Websites and False Social Media Pages
GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group is one of the prominent law firms in India, employing many lawyers and support staff. The size and prominence of our Firm unfortunately sometimes attracts the attention of unscrupulous individuals who falsely claim to work for GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group and/or use our Firm’s name to advance fraudulent schemes against innocent victims.
Scams and other security risks are rampant on the Internet, and we recommend you take steps to protect yourself and the security of your information. While we can report such abuses to law enforcement agencies, the nature and volume of these scams and frauds makes it impossible for our Firm to prevent the misuse of GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group’s name and the names of our lawyers.
In addition to the above, there are also pages or content on social media platforms that may appear to be legitimate GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group sources but are not. In such cases, the content might purport to market legal services. When accessing social media pages purporting to be legitimate GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group sources, always verify the authenticity of the social media page. Such fake content might include ads that claim to be sponsored by GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group.
What should you do? To report a potential e-mail, telephone, social media page, website or other scam, we recommend you contact the relevant police or government authorities in your jurisdiction.
If you receive an email or threatening telephone call from someone claiming to be from GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group and offering employment or seeking payment or threatening of money or personal information, we suggest:
- Communicate with such person using only the contact information provided for him or her on our website, garlawgroup.com i.e. do not communicate via other email addresses or telephone numbers or text messaging. For example, if the sender is using a non GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group email address and / or justifies this on the basis that their GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group account is not working, you should insist on contacting the sender only via the contact information on our website.
- Attempt to independently verify, including by telephone, the legitimacy of the caller’s identity, for example by contacting the Firm’s Partner.
- Do not send the email sender or caller any money.
- Do not give the email sender or caller any personal or financial information about yourself, for example, your bank accounts or credit card numbers.
- Report the fraudulent email or call to the police or other relevant authorities.
- If the issue is a fake GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group social media page or website, do not communicate via the page or website and instead contact the platform provider to flag the fraudulent page or platform and have it taken down. Please also contact the Firm’s partner, Govardhan Sai Venkat, Venna (govardhan@garlawgroup.com)
In addition, if you receive a suspicious email referencing our Firm or appearing to be from our Firm (e.g. from a “spoofed” GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group email address, which does not end in “@garlawgroup.com”), we suggest the following:
- Do not open or click on any links contained in the email.
- Do not open or download any attachments to the email.
- Do not respond to the email in any way or provide any personal or confidential information in reply to the email.
- Do not send any money in response to the email.
- If applicable, forward the suspicious email to your organization’s IT Department and ask that they inspect the message to determine legitimacy.
- Delete (permanently) the message from your email account.
If you have questions about the security of your computer or suspect the security of your computer has been compromised, we recommend you contact your IT support team, computer manufacturer or Internet service provider.
GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group is not involved in the scams listed above or any other scams. Note that we do not as a regular practice conduct Firm business via web-based email accounts such as gmail.com, hotmail.com or yahoo.com, or personal email addresses. And we generally do not conduct Firm business by text message or instant messaging. Neither GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group nor its lawyers or employees can accept any responsibility for the criminal conduct of a third party claiming to use the Firm’s name. If you have any concerns or receive suspicious communications that reference GAR Legal LLP or GAR Law Group, please contact our Partner at the telephone number or email address shown on this web page.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments regarding this Disclaimer Statement or our privacy practices, please contact us here:
- GAR Legal LLP,
- Flat No:102, Classic Avenue Apartments, H.No:6-3-790/7, Beside Mangala Gowri Showroom Road, Punjagutta Officers Colony, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500016, India
- Email: privacy@garlawgroup.com.
- Effective date: March 2025