The city does not accept parking payments via QR codes, and the stickers were placed by someone looking to scam you.

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, is warning visitors of a suspicious QR code sticker that has been reported on some parking meters.

CHARLOTTE — The Better Business Bureau said there has been an increase in scams this summer involving QR codes in public parking lots. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department posted on X Thursday ...

If you've spent any time using a smartphone, you've likely come across QR code stickers, letting you redeem a coupon or get some snippet of information. Mercedes-Benz plans to start putting such codes ...

A set of QR tags that businesses attach to posters, ads and demo models for promotion. Users with smartphones scan the tags for more information. Like any barcode, QR codes are customized for a ...

FILE - A man stands in front of gravestones at the Waldfriedhof cemetery in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, File) BERLIN (AP) — Police in Munich are investigating ...

More than 1,000 QR-coded stickers were mysteriously put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in Germany. When scanned, the codes reveal just the name of the deceased buried in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — Police in Munich are ...