Law Enforcement Warns of Deception: Circulating False Correspondence from Renowned Credit Organizations Including QR Codes
"Authorities are issuing alerts about a newly emerging con trick employing QR codes – dubbed 'Quishing'. In various federal regions, bogus letters reputedly from esteemed financial institutions have surfaced, the Criminal Police Office of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf announced.
Gullible individuals are enticed to scan the QR codes using their cell phones, and subsequently click on the provided hyperlink. Depending on the user's device and web browser, it may not be straightforward to discern that the link does not direct to the legitimate bank's portal, but instead, to a fabricated one.
Over there, potential victims are urged to input their login credentials or initiate a funds transfer. Law enforcement urges the same level of vigilance towards QR codes as with emails from unidentified senders carrying unverified attachments. Multi-factor authentication serves as a defense, by denying crooks the secondary or tertiary access factor, even if they manage to seize the details through phishing."
The scam, labeled as 'Quishing', exploits trust by using QR codes and falsified letters from reputed financial institutions. Misled individuals may find themselves unwittingly providing login credentials or initiating fund transfers on the fraudulent site.
