La Policía Nacional de España advierte sobre una nueva modalidad de estafa que involucra códigos QR falsos en aplicaciones de parking, particularmente en Argentina. Los delincuentes pegan un código QR falso sobre el oficial, redirigiendo a los usuarios a sitios fraudulentos donde se les solicita ingresar sus datos y realizar pagos. Se recomienda verificar siempre la autenticidad del código y el sitio al que redirige antes de realizar cualquier transacción.
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00:00When they told you that the QR code was a cryptic thing, today we know everything.
00:04The pandemic left us the QR code as an inheritance.
00:08The QR code is born in a certain way to avoid contact,
00:11and it has grown, especially in the last 4 years, 4 or 5 years,
00:15it has grown a lot, the way that when you see a code of this,
00:18it no longer tells us what it is.
00:20You know that by scanning it with your cell phone,
00:22you are going to direct it to an application or a web or something like that.
00:25When we started this program, or on day 24,
00:27I told you that each scam, or possibility of scam,
00:30we were going to tell you to try to prevent you,
00:32no matter how much the scam comes from elsewhere.
00:35What you are seeing is from Spain.
00:36The Spanish National Police had to go out to communicate.
00:39Attentive, because in parking applications, which work in Argentina,
00:43in Argentina we have applications in several municipalities
00:45that serve for you to load money, precisely, to be able to park.
00:50Well, what you see here was appearing.
00:52What is it?
00:53It is a label of a QR code, different, stuck on the official QR code.
00:58Wow!
00:59Let's go to the basics.
01:00What is a QR code?
01:01A QR code is the way to redirect you to a place,
01:04to a page, to an application.
01:06The information that is here is a website, www.semmobile.com,
01:12which is where you download the parking application in Argentina,
01:15from some municipalities.
01:17What happens?
01:18When I paste a code, I can direct it wherever I want here.
01:21And in fact, what they were warning is that they redirected to pages that were,
01:25or a page that is the same as the parking page,
01:29but where you, when loading your data, loading your card
01:32and wanting to buy credit to be able to park,
01:35you are giving money to the criminals.
01:37What do you have to do?
01:38How do I do?
01:39Well, in the face of all QR code,
01:41whether you go to a place to scan a menu card,
01:45or to pay in a place too,
01:47or you do it also in a place where,
01:49not usually with a person, there is a sign.
01:51First, check that there is nothing pasted on top of the official sign.
01:55Because it is what usually happens, that it is not misaligned,
01:57because they usually paste a label on top of the official one.
02:01Then, check the site.
02:03If I scan and I go to a site with a address that is not the one that has the official name of the application,
02:09they are directing me to a place that is not.
02:12And third, when they are going to pay to any place,
02:15and they scan a QR code, because they are doing it a lot in the premises,
02:17as many premises have the display and the QR code is pasted in front,
02:22criminals have gone, pasted a sticker on top,
02:25and well, you realize.
02:26Check with the premises.
02:27I go, scan the QR code and say,
02:29yes, Luis Andres Evaristo Novarecio?
02:32Yes, perfect.
02:33Check.
02:34Do you have a second name, Luis?
02:35Esteban.
02:36Esteban.
02:37Luis Esteban Novarecio?
02:38Yes, perfect.
02:39From the bank or such?
02:40Yes, ready.
02:41I transfer to the person.
02:42Because they are also doing that.
02:43You tell me, but how long can that scam last?
02:45Until you realize.
02:46Many times you don't realize.
02:47It seems to me that this is central,
02:48to see that the sticker is not pasted on the other.
02:51That it is the official.
02:52There they imitate you to the site.
02:53You enter and it seems similar to you.
02:55Yes.
02:56There was the one with the fines.
02:57Also.
02:58Do you remember that the one with the fines was pasted on the windshield?
02:59Exactly.
03:00Also.
03:01And with that you scanned, thinking that you were paying the fine,
03:03and you were not paying it.
03:05Check that the site is, that above, in the address bar,
03:08say the official site.
03:09And if they are going to download an application,
03:11because many times it redirects you,
03:12that they are official stores.
03:14If they have Android, in the Google Play Store.
03:16If they have iPhone, in the App Store.
03:18Prevent.
03:19Try to prevent.
03:20Because as we always say,
03:21the criminal is 24 hours, 7 days a week,
03:24365 days a year.
03:26Alert to try to scam you.
03:27And one can not always be with the high guard.
03:29But from here we try to help you.