Is this a scam. A car park payment machine has a fake QR code sticker placed over the original one on the sign. Is this a scam? What will happen if you scan it with your mobile phone? Will money go missing from your bank account?
Quote. Be careful scanning ANYTHING and putting in your card details. People are getting scammed out of thousands by fake QR codes.
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My response. Question everything. Has this video been set up to scare people, or is it a genuine cover up by the parking company to update their computer records?
Quote. Have you checked that's actually a scam, or have the council just updated the URL of their payment app and used a sticker instead of replacing all the signs?
Quote. Just checked, and it is a scam. The fake URL now doesn't work.
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My response. This comment is concerning. Proof of how people are so vulnerable and can easily be sucked in.
Quote. This is a real concern. The council car parks in my area have these machines. Some of the machines don’t take cash. We are being forced into having smartphones.
My response. This is what they want you to think. You do have a choice. It may appear that this is the way to go, everything must be computerised, everything will be digital. But we still have a choice. It's up to you whether you hand over your life to those that wish to own you.
Everyone should be doing their own risk assessment. Fakery is everywhere, and the laziest sloppiest way to deal with changes is to question nothing and go along with everything that is presented to you. If the wrong decision is made and things go pear shaped, you obviously didn't think it through enough.
I know that I will miss out on some things because I still use cash. I take that responsibility. That suits me fine because it gives me peace of mind.
Now it's time for breakfast. Then coffee morning. Have a good day. Toodle pip. ilona
I will tidy this up later. Got to go now.
I carry a radar key, as someone in our family needs to use a disabled toilet when out and about. A couple of years ago we went to use a disabled toilet in a carpark and found that it could not be opened with just a radar key and that there was no longer an attendant on duty, as previously. Big signs instructed would-be users to contact a certain number and that a code would be texted to them. No such instructions on the 'normal' loos, of course! Why should a disabled person, or their carer, have to carry a phone in order to use the loo? Crazy!
ReplyDeleteHello. That makes me wonder if the big signs are genuine, or a scam to harvest more information. Can you contact the people who issue the radar keys and ask them.
DeleteWe recently received a round robin notification from our local Neighbourhood Watch Group with a warning to watch out for about parking scams.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good idea to join a local group if there is one. Information passed between neighbours could help to avoid some scams.
DeleteIt is so true that too many people are so vulnerable and can be too easily sucked in.
ReplyDeleteWe have been lulled into a false sense of security, and will go along with anything we are told to do. The word vulnerable does not necessarily mean someone is a bit thick, it's just that they have taken their eye off the ball and are not paying attention. It pays to be a rebel.
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