Latest Scams

In person

Dated alerts about scams that use a machine, a sticker, or another object in public, with the safer next step and the published source.

  1. Kansascftc.gov

    Told to Pay Someone Through a Crypto ATM? Stop and Check First

    Impersonators posing as banks, courts, or government agencies are directing people to pay them through cryptocurrency ATMs. Here is why that instruction itself is the clearest sign of a scam.

    Arrives by a phone call directing you to a cash machine

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  2. Parking metersconsumer.ftc.gov

    A QR Code on a Parking Meter May Not Be the Real One

    Scammers are placing their own QR code stickers over the real ones on parking meters and signs. Scanning the wrong one opens a look-alike payment page instead of the parking agency's own site.

    Arrives by a QR code sticker on a parking meter or sign

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