LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Elizabethtown Police Department is warning of a new scam involving fake QR codes. An ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( WDAF) — Scammers are now mailing sports trading cards posing as gifts, complete with a QR code that ...

Last year, I received a package with an electronic cat fountain I didn’t order – and I don’t even have a cat. At the time, I chalked it up to a common “brushing” scam, where a seller sends you an ...

Elizabethtown Police is warning about a new scam going around involving what appears to be an Amazon gift card.

Scammers are taking the old “brushing scam” and making it more dangerous. Traditionally, brushing scams involved sending you packages you didn’t order so sellers could post fake reviews in your name.

A new package scam started this summer, and it's likely to gain momentum as people start ordering their iPhone Airs and buying gifts for the holidays. Picture getting a package delivered to your front ...

QR codes are popping up everywhere, and now they're being used by scammers in a new scheme. The FBI issued an alert about scammers sending packages with malicious QR codes. These codes often appear on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The FBI is warning people of a new scam involving fake packages with QR codes designed to steal data. If people scan the code on a package they were not ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is warning the community about a new and sophisticated scam known as a “brushing scam”. A brushing scam occurs when fraudsters send ...

On Your Side has been sharing the 12 Scams of Christmas, and now we unwrap the crooked QR code, it's part two of the "brushing" scam.

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.