Beware! QR code scams are fast gaining momentum.

Beware! QR code scams are fast gaining momentum.  For example, a fake QR code on a restaurant table using a sticker placed over the original authentic QR code for ordering food.  Or a similarly fake QR code on a parking meter or payment machine.  These fake QR codes take the hapless victim to a fake site that looks authentic but steals their credit card details.  To add insult to injury, the victim may get a parking fine in addition to fraudulent transactions on their credit card.

An estimated 10,000 victims in the UK over just two-month period, and due to the “success” that criminals are getting from these fake QR code scams, it is spreading internationally.  It won’t be long before we see these scams here in Australia, if they are not already.

Plus, we get a new word to describe QR code phishing in the next update of the English dictionary, i.e. “quishing”.

Article: QR Phishing Scams Gain Motorized Momentum in UK

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(this is a copy of my LinkedIn post, originally published in 2024)