Danger! Fraudulent QR codes in goods: How to protect yourself now!

Danger! Fraudulent QR codes in goods: How to protect yourself now!

On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the regulatory office in goods was alerted: Several parking ticket machines were manipulated with fake QR codes! This fraud, also known as "Quishing", attracts unsuspecting users to deceptively real looking, but fraudulent website. Here the data of the users are collected as they think they make a safe payment.

The police urgently warns of this perfidious technique, which is dangerously close to reality. The fake QR codes do not refer to the real payment app, but to a copycat page. Characteristics such as missing umlauts and the possibility of selecting inadmissible parking times should alert users. In order to be on the safe side, the police recommend that you always use the official app from the app store and only scan the QR codes there. If you have already been victim, you should contact the police or his bank immediately!