The crooks compete in inventiveness to extract money from us. New scam to date: a QR code on a notice of passage from La Poste, left in your mailbox, and which refers to a site asking you for information relating to your bank card.
Every week, a new scam or almost: a few weeks ago, The Parisian warned about QR code scams. The QR code (for Quick Response Code) returns, thanks to a quick scan with your smartphone, to a website or to download an application. The goal for the agrefins is therefore to replace a harmless QR code, which for example refers the base to a restaurant menu, with a QR code which would refer to a site requesting the user’s banking information.
A redirect to a fraudulent site
In the same vein, a new scam has been detected in recent days on the side of Montpellier. first sight, it is a delivery notice from La Poste, which invites the user to connect to reconfirm the delivery of a letter or parcel that could not have been deposited. But the QR code actually refers to a fraudulent site, which asks for payment to reschedule a delivery.
We are aware of the problem, it is indeed something that has so far only been seen in Montpellier, we are told by La Poste, interviewed by MoneyVox. Upon detection by our cybersecurity teams, the redirect link has t cass and the page has been deleted. If you do the test today not the QR code, the page is no longer accessible.
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Normally, the QR code on the transit advice note allows the user to reschedule their delivery or choose a new pick-up location. What we recommend is to go through the official website of La Poste to follow a registered letter or a parcel, advises La Poste. This is the safest way.
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