The fake sticker: The scammers create QR code stickers that look just like the real deal. The lookalike URL: The crooks set up websites with names eerily similar to legitimate parking payment sites.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said it was alerted to fraudulent QR code stickers placed on a parking machine in Fisherman’s Wharf.
The stickers include a QR code. In other parts of the country, such QR codes have sent smartphone users to sites selling drugs. One spotted on a lamppost on a busy walking route in Shrewsbury ...