QR Code Scams in Car Parks and Beyond: Scan With Care

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About Course

QR codes – the small black-and-white squares you scan with your phone camera – are now everywhere, from car park machines to restaurant tables. Criminals have started sticking fake codes over real ones. This course explains how “quishing” works, how to check a code before you trust it, and safer ways to pay.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course gives general information for older people and their families, written from published official guidance. It is not legal or financial advice. Rules can change, so check the official websites listed in the course.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand what a QR code is and how scanning one works
  • Recognise fake QR code stickers in car parks and elsewhere
  • Check the web address before opening a scanned link
  • Know safer ways to pay and what to do if you have been caught out

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What QR codes are and how the scam works
  • Checking a code before you trust it
  • Safer ways to pay and what to do if caught out

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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