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Fake PCNs
By: PallasAthena Date: August 14, 2025, 4:26 am
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This article popped up on my news feed and as I don't remember
seeing it mentioned elsewhere on FTLA just posting for
information (apologies if I missed it here).
Seems there's been a growing number of fake PCNs put on cars
purporting to be both Council and Private, inviting you to click
a QR code to pay. Usual scam, they want to steal your card
information and ID details.
One giveaway is that reportedly they don't give information
about rights of appeal to POPLA/IAS. And presumably ignoring
them can't result in an NtK.
HTML https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/found-a-yellow-ticket-on-your-car-beware-it-could-be-a-new-cruel-parking-scam/ar-AA1KuK4x
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Re: Fake PCNs
By: roythebus Date: August 14, 2025, 4:32 am
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I don't know and don't really want to know what a QR code is or
how it works. I can't be bothered to download anything that
needs one. But from what I've read there's a lot of those scams
going on.
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Re: Fake PCNs
By: DWMB2 Date: August 14, 2025, 4:43 am
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[quote author=roythebus link=topic=7665.msg85639#msg85639
date=1755163925]
But from what I've read there's a lot of those scams going on.
[/quote]
The other QR Code based parking scam I'm aware of is fraudsters
sticking dodgy QR codes onto parking machines. People think
they're making a legitimate payment by phone, but are instead
diverted to the scammer's own website. Then to add insult to
injury, they end up with a PCN because they haven't paid for
their parking (or at least haven't paid the right entity!).
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