Quishing, short for QR code phishing, is climbing fast, with criminals using fake codes to prompt payments or quietly harvest customer data.

Review your transactions: Check your credit card and bank statements to spot transactions you didn’t make. Then, report it to ...

As more communities are using mobile parking apps to pay for parking, scammers are being presented with more opportunities to rip you off.

UPI Tap & Pay enables contactless payments without opening an app, while MyUPI offers one view of transactions and a Safety ...

Scammers are planting fake QR codes on parking meters, and one victim lost $2,000. Here’s how to spot the trap before you pay ...

A MODERN WAY TO INFORM, A CREDIBLE WAY TO CONFIRM.” On August 13, 2026, the Manila Standard team visited the University of ...

Federal leaders are warning drivers to look twice before paying for parking.

For many Indians, scanning a QR code to pay for a cup of chai or a packet of biscuits barely registers anymore. You scan, pay and move on.

On the programme on Wednesday 2 September 2026, we explained how some councils were halting the use of QR codes to pay for parking in their car parks, after a spate of scams in which fake codes were ...

The smallest readable QR code ever was 1.977 square micrometers, but for practical purposes it gets hard to read a QR code ...

These days, even if we want to drink tea, we take out our phones and scan the QR code to make the payment. However, thieves have taken advantage of this, and it's called QR code fraud. Recovering ...

Auckland motorists are being warned to stop and look before they scan, after fraudulent QR code stickers were discovered on parking meters in the central city. Auckland Transport says a […] ...