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...
Parking enforcement officers recently found stickers with fraudulent QR codes on pay stations in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. San Antonio police warned the public of the scam on December 20, saying that "people attempting to pay for parking using those QR codes may have been ...
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 ...
Scammers Target Desperate EV Drivers with Fraudulent QR CodesDan CarneyDesign News
accordingto MyBroadband. The recorded message featured QR codes and links in the chat, telling viewers whatever crypto was sent to them would quickly double in value. The fake URL redirected people to a site that looked like an official Tesla page, with the promise of a $100,000,000 ...
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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. ...
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. ...