Introduction
Digital users should be aware of the QR code scams and should think twice before proceeding to scan any QR code provided to them, as they can be potential tools used by cyber fraudsters to defraud gullible citizens.
About QR Code
‘Quick Response’ or QR code is a type of two dimensional bar-code that is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached and directs to a locator, identifier or tracker that points to a website or application. Users can generate and print their own QR codes for others to scan and use by visiting one of several pay or free QR code-generating sites or apps.
Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, open a web page, make payments using the mobile phone's browser.