QR codes seem to be everywhere—from restaurant menus to parking meters to vending machines to payment systems. With threat ...

Scammers almost always have the same goal — to get people's personal information or money. Learning about the latest ...

Quick Response (QR) codes are those black and white patterned squares you scan with a smartphone, which then direct you to a ...

Fraud investigators say at least 10% of QR codes attached to online orders, restaurant tabletops and public posters are scams, as Chinese state-sponsored hackers increasingly target financial ...

“They’re looking to steal your information - that’s what the point of a QR code scam is,” said Jessie Schmidt with the Better Business Bureau. “It’s really easy to generate a personal ...

A warning has been issued amid a rise in scam QR codes being placed on ticket machines across the region. The most recent ...

The new brushing scam we reported on last year is evolving. In this scam, you receive a package you didn’t order, often ...

Scammers have been sticking fake QR codes in car parks and on parking payment machines to direct users to fraudulent pages online. In recent weeks warnings have been issued by Thanet, Ashford, Medway ...

However, Weisman warned that a new twist on the brushing scam is making these packages much more dangerous. “Now you fast forward to 2025, and this has become another one of the QR code scams ...

Scammers are getting smarter with new technology, but the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Fraud Unit says there are ways to ...