Fraudulent QR codes continue to be used by scammers
by MECHELE MILLS
Companies use Quick Response (QR) Codes to point consumers to their apps, pay parking meters, track packages, view menus and more. But because these codes can’t be read by the human eye, they have become a new way for scammers to disguise malicious links. As QR codes grow in usage, BBB Scam Tracker is seeing more reports of con artists using them to mislead consumers. “Something to…