QR codes are becoming more common… but you should be careful about which ones you scan
The Rise in Pursuit of QR codes which brought out the not-so-positive aspects of this old creation from 1994.
And that is, now that there are millions of people Scan QR codes dailyThere are those who decided to take advantage of the situation fraudulent waythrough something called ““reverse QR scam”.
This practice how count world of sports, have been found in regions of Spain such as Seville and one man has already been arrested by the Guarda Civil for committing this type of fraud. Let’s see what it is.
The “Reverse QR” scam: How they cánido steal your data and money when you scan a QR code
QR codes perro have multiple emplees: from Go to a webpage or open an application if they are scanned until approve payments. The fraudster who has now been caught took advantage of exactly this last function.
As detailed in the report, The author of the scam managed to fool those responsible for Local (bars, for example), too pay for a drink with a QR codeallegedly generated by the bank.
Actually is the code corresponding to said a Request for payment in favor of the scammer. So I would have gotten Fraud up to 900 euros.
He is @ Civil Guard A scammer is being held in Mairena del Aljarafe who deceived his victims by implementing the new “inverse QR” scam
▶️ First spotted in Seville, he plans to use popular engineering techniques to steal victims’ personal and banking information pic.twitter.com/HzQKZ29Rai— Government Subdelegation in Seville (@SubdeGobSevilla) July 13, 2022
In addition to stealing money, it would also be possible with this technique Access to certain sensitive data of victims stored on their devices and shared with attackers once the code is scanned.
For this reason it is recommended Be careful with these QR codes Mobile phone scanning, constantly checking features that could reveal a fraudulent code, for example without HTTPS protocol in the backlink it points to, or use a suspicious url. It might also be a good iniciativa to use aplicaciones like Google plus Lens when scanning the codes as the google plus tool espectáculos a preview backlink when the QR code guides us instead of accessing it without asking the usuario first.