Fraudsters are getting smarter, using fake QR codes to scam unsuspecting people. In a recent case, a woman lost €2,000 after scanning a QR code on a parking machine. This highlights how easily ...

Better Business Bureau serving Canton Region and Greater West Virginia offers tips and advice for consumers to avoid fraudulent practices. QR codes are everywhere: signs, ads, menus, and even scams.

Scammers have toured CMK streets placing stickers on dozens of the parking payment meters there. Each stick has a QR code, which people are urged to scan to pay for their parking. But instead of the ...

The City of Ottawa says its parking machines are being targeted by a scam involving stickers with a fake QR code that directs users to a fraudulent pay site. Scott Caldwell, manager of parking ...

A PayByPhone parking machine on Bank Street in the Glebe on Nov. 6, 2025. The city said it was made aware of a scam on parking machines on Nov. 3. (Credit: JULIE OLIVER) Fraudulent QR code stickers ...

Scammers are targeting parking machines across Leicester with fake QR codes, prompting a fresh warning from officials. The fraudulent stickers have been discovered on pay-and-display machines in the ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

A crafty QR code scam on many of the pay parking machines at the city centre could empty shoppers’ bank accounts before Christmas. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Milton Keynes Citizen, ...

Fraudulent QR code stickers were reportedly placed on parking machines in Ottawa recently, but the city says they have all been removed. The city said it was made aware of a scam on parking machines ...