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Just when you thought you nailed QR codes during the pandemic, you might want to double-check the QR code you're scanning to use a parking meter because police in several US cities have seen a rise in these codes being used by scammers for phishing information.
Police departments in affected cities say they discovered a number of stickers with illicit codes appearing on parking meters that directed people to a site promising “quick pay parking," but instead takes your credit card details without you knowing.
Police are advising anyone who inadvertently enters their credit card details into one of these sites to file a police report and contact their card vendor to reverse any payments and the next time you're about to scan a QR code that you check the website to see if it's real before entering your information.