While you may feel pretty sharp at spotting online fraud, there's a sneaky new scam involving QR codes and parking meters across the country affecting even the most cautious people.

It is unclear how long the QR codes have been tampered with or how many people have unknowingly submitted payment through the unauthorized site.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a QR code scam targeting parking payments at Regency Furniture Stadium.

About 200 fake QR code stickers placed by unknown scammers have been recovered from parking meters in downtown Orlando, according to a news release from the Orlando Police Department.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The city of Orlando is warning about a scam using fake QR codes to steal personal information from drivers using downtown parking meters. According to parking enforcement, about ...

Drivers have been complaining about parking meters for generations. But now they’re really scamming you. Unknown suspects have been placing fake QR codes over real codes on parking meters across ...

PIX Now morning edition 4-24-25 09:30. Police in Walnut Creek are asking people not to scan QR codes that have been placed on parking meters in the downtown area.

Miami removing thousands of QR codes from parking signs and meters due to rising scams 02:24. MIAMI — The City of Miami's Parking Authority (MPA) said it is taking aggressive, proactive steps to ...