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1. BBB Scam Alert: Double check that QR code before you pay for parking By Better Business Bureau. July 26, 2024.

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:22 AM

Oct 2025

https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28996-bbb-scam-alert-double-check-that-qr-code-before-you-pay-for-parking

Short:
Pay for parking directly through the meter. Instead of scanning QR codes to pay for parking, use your credit card to pay directly using the machine or meter.

I never scan QR codes.

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New scam. Parking violation scan (photo added) [View all] Nittersing Oct 2025 OP

I likewise never scan QR codes. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #2

Computer doesn't fit on the easy chair. DANG! usonian Oct 2025 #3

Laptop fits on my lap on my easy chair. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #4

Gotcha. I don't do anything that PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #6