Is rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de safe to use?

rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 146 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de as clean.

Is rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de hosted?

rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de resolves to an IP operated by IONOS SE in DE (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate German law firm website for Dr. Roman Podhorsky, a licensed Fachanwalt für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht with strong client ratings and verified bar membership.

Why we trust it

Licensed Rechtsanwalt admitted to Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm with verified office address and phone number.87 positive client reviews (4.9/5 average) across German legal directories (fachanwalt.de, anwalt.de).Substantive, professional German legal content describing genuine practice areas in banking and capital markets law.

rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.deScanned 12h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 93·MT 88

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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LIVE RENDER

rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de

1Professional law firm website in German presenting a named attorney (Dr. Roman Podhorsky) specializing in banking and capital markets law

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page presents as a straightforward German attorney website with consistent professional branding, substantive legal content, and standard navigation — no visual scam indicators are present.

Visual risk8/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional law firm website in German presenting a named attorney (Dr. Roman Podhorsky) specializing in banking and capital markets law

Standard navigation bar with expected sections: Tätigkeitsfelder, Bankrecht, Publikationen, Aktuelles, Kontakt, Datenschutz, Impressum

Coherent header branding with logo, attorney name, and professional title — no mismatched or inconsistent identity elements

Body text is substantive German legal content describing practice areas; no placeholder or lorem ipsum text visible

No urgency tactics, countdown timers, fake trust badges, or intrusive overlays detected

No forms requesting sensitive credentials, no fake chat widgets, and no celebrity endorsements visible

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain hosts the official website of Dr. Roman Podhorsky, a licensed attorney (Rechtsanwalt) admitted to the Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm in Münster, Germany. Our antivirus network flagged no malicious content, and the page carries a valid SSL certificate. The site displays substantive German legal content describing his practice areas in banking and capital markets law, with professional branding and standard navigation — no visual scam indicators are present. Independent legal directories list him with 87 positive reviews (4.9/5 average) on fachanwalt.de, and client testimonials on anwalt.de praise his work on broker fraud and banking disputes. Business registration data confirms his active status and office address at Habichtshöhe 9, 48151 Münster. Our web research found zero scam reports, complaints, or negative warnings tied to his practice.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site presents a professional German law firm homepage with substantive content describing Dr. Podhorsky's specialization in banking and capital markets law (Fachanwalt für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht). The body text discusses his practice areas, including capital market damages claims, investment advisory disputes, and issues with direct banks and brokers. Navigation includes standard sections: Tätigkeitsfelder (practice areas), Bankrecht, Publikationen, Aktuelles, Kontakt, Datenschutz, and Impressum. No placeholder text, urgency tactics, countdown timers, fake trust badges, or credential-harvesting forms are present.

Infrastructure

The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Sectigo Limited with 146 days to expiry. Hosting IP 217.160.0.74 has an abuse score of 0/100 with zero abuse reports. The page loads external resources from cdn.website-start.de and mywebsite-editor.com (standard website-builder CDNs). Our antivirus network flagged zero malicious or suspicious detections across 92 engines, and major browser blocklists show no hits.

Domain History

WHOIS data is unavailable, preventing direct age verification. However, the domain redirects cross-domain (1 hop), and the page is not indexed in global traffic rankings — consistent with a professional services site that relies on directory listings and direct client referrals rather than organic search traffic.

Web Reputation

Dr. Podhorsky is listed on multiple German legal directories (anwalt.de, fachanwalt.de) with 87 aggregated reviews averaging 4.9/5 stars. Client testimonials specifically praise his handling of broker fraud and banking disputes. Business registration confirms his active status as a licensed Rechtsanwalt with office at Habichtshöhe 9, 48151 Münster, and phone 0251 76255782. No scam reports, complaints, or negative warnings were found in our web research.

Risk Factors

No postal address is displayed on the homepage itself (though verified in business registration and legal directories).
WHOIS data is unavailable, preventing independent verification of domain registration details.
Page is not indexed in global traffic rankings, limiting visibility to organic search.
One 2021 consumer-protection page mentions the firm's email in context of a mass-mailed virus warning, though the firm was not identified as the sender.

Positive Signals

Licensed Rechtsanwalt admitted to Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm with verified office address and phone number.
87 positive client reviews (4.9/5 average) across German legal directories (fachanwalt.de, anwalt.de).
Substantive, professional German legal content describing genuine practice areas in banking and capital markets law.
Valid SSL certificate and zero malicious detections across our antivirus network.
Zero scam reports, complaints, or negative warnings found in web research.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to visit and contact. Dr. Podhorsky is a legitimate, licensed German attorney with strong professional credentials and positive client reviews. If you require legal advice on banking or capital markets matters in Germany, you can confidently reach out via the contact information provided.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Germany

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de is the official website of Dr. Roman Podhorsky, a Fachanwalt für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht based in Münster, Germany.
Lawyer is admitted to the bar and belongs to Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm; contact details (Habichtshöhe 9, 48151 Münster, Tel. 0251 76255782, info@rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de) consistently listed across directories.
High positive ratings: 4.9/5 from 87 reviews on fachanwalt.de (aggregated from 3 portals); multiple client testimonials on anwalt.de praising help with broker fraud and banking cases.
No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews, or warnings found in searches for "scam", "betrug", "fake", or similar terms.
One 2021 consumer warning page (verbraucherschutz.com) lists the email in context of a mass-mailed abusive warning letter containing a virus sent by other parties; Podhorsky's firm is mentioned but not as the sender of the virus.
Publishes legal analyses on stock companies and advises investors nationwide in banking/capital market disputes; no red flags in business activity.
No Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or ScamDoc profiles identified.

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

anwalt.deopen
"„Ich kann Herrn Podhorsky uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Ich hatte seit 2023 große Probleme im Zusammenhang mit einer betrügerischen Brokerfirma"
fachanwalt.deopen
"4,9 Stern. 87 Bewertungen. Ja, ich empfehle Rechtsanwalt Dr. Roman Podhorsky weiter."
Yelpopen
"5.0 (1 review)"

Business registration

Status: active · Germany

Licensed Rechtsanwalt, member of Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm. Address: Habichtshöhe 9, 48151 Münster. Specializes in banking, capital markets, stock law.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de and found zero scam reports or complaints. Instead, our research confirmed Dr. Roman Podhorsky as a licensed Rechtsanwalt (attorney) admitted to the Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm in Münster, Germany. Legal directories list him with 87 positive reviews (4.9/5 average) on fachanwalt.de, and client testimonials on anwalt.de specifically praise his handling of broker fraud and banking disputes. Business registration data verifies his active status and office address at Habichtshöhe 9, 48151 Münster. One 2021 consumer-protection page mentions his email in the context of a mass-mailed virus warning, but the firm was not identified as the sender of the virus.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

Has a contact email on its own domain

Emails on site's domaininfo@rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de

Phone numbers0251 76255782

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No postal address visible on the page.

Contact email on the site's own domain (info@rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de).
Phone number listed (0251 76255782).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36

ExpiresNov 5, 2026 (146d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingIONOS SE

Server locationDE

Web serverApache

Platform / CMSIONOS MyWebsite

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de/
2200https://www.rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPIONOS SE

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 146 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de as clean.
No. rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de resolves to an IP operated by IONOS SE in DE (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·rechtsanwalt-podhorsky.de

SAFE

This is the legitimate professional website of Dr. Roman Podhorsky, a licensed German attorney specializing in banking and capital markets law. The site displays consistent business registration data, carries 87 positive client reviews across legal directories, and shows no scam reports or complaints.

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