That friendly QR code on your New Orleans EV charger might not be your friend at all.
Entergy is warning local EV drivers after fraudsters reportedly slapped fake QR-code stickers on public charging stations around the city, sending drivers to bogus payment pages instead of the real thing. Scan one of those counterfeits and you could be handing over your personal and financial information, utility officials say. Residents are being urged to check chargers for signs of tampering before pointing a phone at any code.
In a post on X, Entergy said several city chargers had been tampered with, with stickers placed over payment QR codes that tell users to “scan to pay,” as reported by WWLTV. The utility added that it does not use QR codes for payments and asked anyone who thinks they were hit by the scam to call 1-800-368-3749.
How the scam works
Scammers are pulling a simple but effective trick. They cover legitimate QR codes with their own stickers so that when you scan, your phone opens a fake payment portal that quietly collects your card details or asks for app login credentials. Security reporting has dubbed this tactic “quishing.”…