Just come across someone on another site who was scammed recently. He’d bought a new kitchen appliance, and in the box was a card showing a QR code for registration of the appliance. He used to code to link to a site, entered his details and was asked for his CC details to pay a pound in order to confirm his details - the money would then be refunded after confirmation. He was initially charged a pound, but then on subsequent checking a day or 2 later found he’d been charged £59.99 . The CC company have refunded & cancelled his cards, but it’s been a lot of trouble for him.
So a word to the wise, be very careful with QR codes, even if they appear legit.
Fortunately, I have no way of using such a thing, even my brand new Doro with it’s equally brand new Reglo sim wouldn’t dream of doing so either I’m sure.
A difficult one - as you don’t automatically know which site the manufacturer would use.
BUT
Why on earth did a warranty registration (I assume this is how it was presented) want a CC card and dummy payment for confirmation. That alone should have set one’s scam sense tingling.
I have every sympathy though - easy to get caught out with this one methinks.
The company who made the utensil was Dualit, but it’s very unlikely they intentionally included the card, and far more likely it’s either been inserted by a rogue employee or was added before shipping.
Sounds like it - in some ways a brilliant scam as a warranty registration card is exactly what you’d expect in the circumstances, and an “odd” website would have much less chance of being spotted.
I’ve got to admit, I think I’m quite IT security savvy and don’t click on QR codes unless I’m very confident that they’re from a trustworthy source but I’m pretty sure I’d have clicked this one. Hopefully the request for payment would have raised a red flag, given that I’m Scottish
