Police say four car parks were targeted by scammers placing stickers with fake QR code payments.
City officials are warning parking customers in downtown Asheville about a scam involving unauthorized QR code stickers ...
The city does not accept parking payments via QR codes, and the stickers were placed by someone looking to scam you.
Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.
Unsolicited packages, often containing cheap, low-value items, could be a sign of a scam known as 'brushing' and potential identity theft.
A dangerous new scam is quietly sweeping across the United States, and all it takes is a quick scan of a QR code to potentially empty your bank account. Cybersecurity experts are warning of a sharp ...
The scam begins as a typical brushing scam, but fraudsters use Amazon branding to deceive recipients. You don’t remember ...
QR codes skyrocketed in popularity during the touch-free days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now they’re everywhere. From menus to forms and posters– who doesn’t like these scannable shortcuts to ...
QR codes can be very handy, allowing you to quickly pull up information about parking payment systems, details about gifts you've been sent, and even menus at restaurants you visit. But they also have ...
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...