Over the weekend, Austin Transportation parking enforcement officers discovered QR codes on stickers affixed to more than two dozen pay stations across the city. Officials war that people attempting to pay for parking using those QR codes may have been directed to a fraudulent website where payment was made to a fraudulent vendor.
A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional bar code that looks like the one shown crossed out below.
Parking enforcement teams continue to inspect the more than 900 pay stations around Austin to ensure there are no additional QR codes in use.
Austin Police Department Financial Crimes detectives are also investigating the placement of the stickers.
If you believe you may have fallen victim to the parking scam, you should file a police report and notify your card issuer immediately.
