The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released an alert on Thursday warning that scammers have been using QR codes and cryptocurrency ATMs to scam people out of money.
The scam relies on people's familiarity with pay-at-the-meter digital parking payment methods like the popular ParkMobile application. The scammers place their own QR codes on the meters, either pasting over the existing parking meter codes or placing their stickers on meters that never had digi...
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a warning alerting consumers that scammers are using malicious QR Codes to reroute unsuspecting customers to malicious sites to try to steal their data. Also known as QRishing, [view relatedpost] criminals are taking advantage of o...
San Antonio policewarned the publicof the scam on December 20, saying that "people attempting to pay for parking using those QR codes may have been directed to a fraudulent website and submitted payment to a fraudulent vendor." Similar scams were then found in Austin and Houston...
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Another way to scam crypto users using QR codes is by building a fraudulent QR Generator platform. In this vein, ZenGo found out that “4 out of the first 5 results presented when querying Google [Bitcoin QR Generator] were leading to scammer sites” in 2019. In these platforms, when ...
The uptick isn't a surprise. It's an annual seasonal twist on the phishing where scammers often tailor their emails to reflect what's going on in the world. The now-often-sophisticated attacks can also come in the form oftext messages, social media posts and evenQR codes. They'r...
Delivery drivers (required or not) take images of the packages delivered, including date, time, GPS, auto upload tracking information (bar codes QR codes). They include visible delivery identifiers such as house number, and doorway configuration. ...
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The next time you plan to hop on a Mobike, be sure to double check its QR code. That’s because unscrupulous schemers have gone to several of the popular shared bicycles and covered their scannable codes with deceptive stickers that allowing them to steal funds from unsuspecting users. ...