QR code con: watch out for fakes in your email
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BY KERRY TOMLINSON, AMPERE NEWS
You’ll find QR codes at restaurants, on receipts, and sometimes on the back of your cereal box. Do you scan them? Cyber crooks want to turn that habit into an illegal jackpot.
They’re sending out waves of attack emails with QR codes in them, hoping you’ll scan without thinking. Then they’ll try to grab your passwords, data, and money.
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