Durham County Council has issued an urgent alert after reports of QR codes being placed in council-operated car parks.

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

Passengers are being warned about a parking scam looking to defraud customers out of money at Tyne & Wear Metro car parks.

In August last year North Wales Live reported how council parking staff discovered fake QR codes being used on meters at ...

The Miami Parking Authority has removed QR codes from parking signs citywide after reports of fraudulent stickers leading ...

Fraud investigators say at least 10% of QR codes attached to online orders, restaurant tabletops and public posters are scams ...

Though QR codes, or quick response codes, are quick, convenient, and virtually everywhere – scammers are using the black and ...

To avoid QRishing scams, always use a trusted QR code scanner app that includes security features that can detect malicious ...

The scam is known as quishing ... The local authority said it did not use QR codes on any of its parking machines, parking signs or for any pay-by-phone mobile apps. It said adverts for the ...

Watford residents have been warned about a scam which sees fraudsters place fake QR codes on pay and display machines in the town.