QR code scam

QR code scam

(Source:News paper Times of India)

     Cyber criminals send fake link, cheat people by asking them to transfer money.

How the scam works:

Cyber criminals share a QR code, or Quick Response code, over WhatsApp.

They ask victim to scan the code to receive money in their account.

This is in fact a collect request by scanning and entering the pin, the victim consents to the request of cyber criminals.

Citizens must remember that they need to scan QR only to make payments, not to receive money.

A QR code is like a normal internet link, don’t click on it if you don’t know its origin.