BALTIMORE- The Parking Authority of Baltimore City is warning drivers about stickers with QR codes that encourage drivers to pay by scanning the code.
They say the stickers are not legitimate.
Paying to park seems easy enough – but now you may want to look twice.
“I had no idea the parking scam was going on,” Baltimore resident Cary Kelly said.
Kelly told WJZ she recently moved to Baltimore and she often parks downtown.
She was surprised to learn that stickers with QR codes are showing up on meters and parking machines, encouraging drivers to scan the code to pay for parking.
“I am so grateful to have found out about it because I would have probably fallen for something like that,” Kelly said.
According to the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, scammers have been placing stickers on parking meters and machines that say “Scan to Pay.”
City officials say the stickers are not legitimate and drivers need to be careful.