Over the past five years, Action Fraud received almost 3,000 reports in total, with a fifth of those linked to the ...

Stickers - showing a shiny marijuana leaf with a scannable QR code below - are being used to tempt "impressionable" kids to ...

Rapid technology innovation that has enabled these devices to process all forms of payments from cards and buy-now-pay-later ...

Since QR codes can link to a site, a file, or an app, they present multiple opportunities for fraudulent use. Bad actors can easily create their own codes using one of the free-use sites online, and ...

These nasty scams can convince you to scan a dodgy QR code with your phone to pay ... explain what typically happens and how to avoid scanning a dodgy QR code. Scam QR code stickers stuck onto a pay ...

The number of scam QR codes reported to police across the North East has nearly doubled in a year, it has been revealed.

A prime example of this is the journey Lipton Tea & Infusions has embarked upon with its tea packaging, a journey that was ...

“False QR stickers have been overlaid on genuine ... “An Garda Síochána is advising all persons to only scan QR codes from known sources and always check the destination of the QR code.” ...

Starting this summer, the Department of Public Works will mail every property owner a sticker with a QR code that, when ...

Brazen drug dealers are targeting children near schools by trying to sell them cannabis – using QR codes on lampposts.

Scammers replace QR stickers meant for customers to pay for ... up for after trying to download apps on their phones, or scan QR codes in restaurants, pubs, shops, bus stops, stations and car ...

Tesco is considering replacing hundreds of product barcodes with new QR code technology in its latest digital innvovation.