The use of QR codes rose during the pandemic and hackers took advantage of the opportunity to steal financial data. QR codes with their square barcode regained their popularity when the pandemic began ...

Scammers are now mailing sports trading cards posing as gifts, complete with a QR code that promises to verify authenticity.

A Quick Response code, or QR code, is an easy way to access information on your mobile device. However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before they ...

KENTUCKY, USA — Federal officials are warning consumers that scammers are now asking people to pay with cryptocurrency and then using QR codes to steal their money and personal information. The ...

A new warning from the FBI is asking people to be on alert whenever they use their phone to scan a QR code, because some fake QR codes are designed to steal your money or data. A QR code is a square ...

this is what the scammers are doing. They're taking Q. R. Codes like this and they're sticking them on parking meters now there's like a little more professional than this. But what they're doing is ...

Phishing, smishing, and vishing are all means by which crooks attempt to separate us from our money and sensitive information. Now you can add “quishing” to the list. In the early days of phishing, ...

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Randy Hutchinson is president & CEO Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. Phishing, smishing, and vishing are all means by which crooks attempt to separate us from our money and sensitive ...