#qr code scam

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QR Codes: The Scammer’s Favorite New Doorway Into Your Phone

QR codes are everywhere now such as restaurant menus, parking meters, package delivery notices, event check-ins, and charity donation appeals. They’re convenient, and that convenience is exactly what scammers are exploiting. A QR code is just a link. And a link can go anywhere. Scammers are printing fake QR codes and placing them over legitimate ones on parking pay stations, delivery tracking…

QR Codes: The Scammer’s Favorite New Doorway Into Your Phone

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Recognizing and Avoiding the Latest Scams of 2025

I wrote a few posts about scams, and more importantly how to protect yourself from them. Sadly, these not only remain true to this day, but scams are in fact becoming more and more sophisticated, primarily because of AI. Here are the latest scams you need to be aware of in 2025 so far. AI Generated Scams With the use of artificial intelligence becoming more widespread and easy to access,…

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[moneymire]

Why QR code scams continue to thrive

See before you scan. QR code scammers know well payers are too fast to listen to such solemn pieces of advice. Payers’ scant attention and shallow tech knowledge are turning the scammers into pernicious phishers. QR stands for Quick Response and the codes have proliferated across the world. More so in the United States, the Mecca of QR codes. India is a distant number two. QR code scams are…

Why QR code scams continue to thrive

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Spot and stop a QR code scam with ease

It doesn’t require a college degree to become QR-code-literate. All that you need is proclivity for doing patient pre-usage due diligence. The right place to start is a mismatched code. To spot mismatched codes, compare the given printed code with any official document available. In case they do not match, do not use the code. Quite possible it is a QR code scam. Better to avoid the code like a…

Spot and stop a QR code scam with ease

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सावधान!! क्यूआर कोड (QR Code) धोखाधड़ी का एक नया तरीका

सावधान!! क्यूआर कोड (QR Code) धोखाधड़ी का एक नया तरीका

पिछले कुछ महीनो में, पुलिस को ऐसे नागरिकों की पाँच शिकायतें मिली हैं जिन्हें क्यूआर कोड के माध्यम से ठगा गया है

30 वर्षीय, दिलीप भंडारी ने अपने गद्दे को सेकेंड-हैंड सामानों के लिए ऑनलाइन प्लेटफॉर्म पर बेचने का फैसला किया। कुछ ही घंटों के भीतर, उनका संपर्क एक व्यक्ति, लक्ष्मण सिंह से हुआ, जिन्होंने सेना के एक जवान होने का दावा किया और गद्दा 23,500 में खरीदने की इच्छा व्यक्त की। फिर उन्होंने भंडारी…

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