Police Warns Against Nasty Fraud in Nuremberg: With These Signs You Should Be Careful - Do Not Trust QR Codes Blindly

Nuremberg - Again and again fraudsters try to get through the meanest meshes of private data - and thus of money -. Many meshes are already known, nevertheless the police regularly warns. So also currently in Nuremberg.

The Municipal Government of Magdalena de Kino has issued a preventive alert regarding the appearance of counterfeit envelopes with QR codes that have been placed on vehicles or in public spaces in the Magic Town. Authorities warn that these envelopes are not related to any official agency and could pose a risk to the public. "It has been detected that they contain a QR code that could be dangerous to scan," the City Council said in a statement. …