SCAM ALERT! Police in Southern California City Warn of Fake Parking Tickets
A warning has been issued by the police to motorists about bogus parking tickets that are designed to seem like genuine tickets and encourage victims to pay the “fine” by scanning a QR code. This QR code can reveal a person’s personal information as well as their credit card information.
A statement was made by officials at the Alhambra Police Department on Tuesday via Instagram, stating that the department had received many allegations of bogus parking fines being issued to automobiles.
Do not scan the QR code if you receive one of these citations, according to the officials who issued the warning. “Quick Response (QR) codes are created by con artists to deceive individuals into visiting a fraudulent website or downloading malware that could compromise their personal information.”
It’s terrible, in my opinion. According to Garret Park, a resident of Alhambra, who communicated with Ellina Abovian of KTLA, “It seems like everything you do these days requires you to be careful.” “At this point, even parking.
In today’s world, everything is an attempt to steal your money. On the other hand, I got the impression that this is just another one of those things that people need to monitor carefully.
Even though one version of parking fines issued by the Alhambra Police Department also comes in a similar form, the false citations look like a store receipt with a QR code. However, that version of the parking ticket merely directs users to the secure website of the city, which is www.cityofalhambra.org.
A yellow ticket that is accompanied by a white envelope is the other sort of parking penalty that is issued by the police department of the city.
Those who discover a parking citation that is false or who are confused about whether the ticket is valid should contact the Alhambra Police Department Parking Section at the number 626-570-5119.
Both the number of bogus parking tickets that have been distributed and the question of whether or not the suspect or suspects who placed the fraudulent citations on vehicles were dressed in law enforcement uniforms remain unanswered.