Check before you scan

QR Code Scam Scanner

Fake QR stickers on parking meters, restaurant tables and letters send people to payment-stealing sites. Scan or upload the code here: we read it without opening it, then check where it goes.

The image is decoded on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Signs a QR code is a trap

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    A sticker on top of another code

    Feel the code. Scammers paste their own over the real one on meters and signs.

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    It asks you to "pay" or "log in"

    Parking and tolls are better paid in the official app you install yourself.

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    It arrived by email or post

    "Scan to view your invoice / re-activate MFA" letters are a growing phishing trick ("quishing").

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    The link is shortened

    A short link hides the destination. We expand it for you.