If you scan a bogus QR code and go to the linked site, you can be fooled into giving up passwords and sensitive date. Here's how to spot and protect yourself from fake QR codes. Fraudsters have been ...

How to identity QR code scams? To identify scams, firstly users should know that QR code is only scanned to send money and not to receive money.

“Since QR codes just look like a bunch of lines and blobs to most of us, it’s really difficult to spot a fake QR code,” says cybersecurity attorney Eva Novick.

PhonePe allows users to download or share their QR codes. When users opt to download, the code is stored on the device. The sender can scan the QR code to process payments to the recipient account.

TECH How to scan a QR code with your iPhone or Android phone (no apps needed) QR codes are those pixelated squares you see in restaurants, advertisements, stores, food packaging, business cards ...