Do not click these codes on your smartphone.
QR codes are everywhere. Whether paying for parking, opening a menu or connecting to WiFi, pointing your camera at a code and opening a link. We have malicious codes included in phishing PDF files to bypass security filters, printed and stuck to parking meters, even sent in the mail. The latest scam is just as simple. And it all starts with a delivery at your home.
To trick you into scanning the code, “the criminals often ship the packages without sender information.” The FBI says this is similar to “brushing scams,” where you’re sent a product you didn’t order, enabling a criminal to post an online review on your behalf.There are many reasons to “beware of unsolicited packages containing merchandise you did not order,” but you’ll be tempted to open the package given it will have your address. But “do not scan QR codes from unknown origins,: the FBI says.
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