An official-looking court notice is circulating in Wabasha, and police say it belongs in the trash, not in your wallet.
On Tuesday, Wabasha police warned that a so-called “Notice of Hearing – Parking Violation” is a scam flyer disguised to look like it is straight from the Hennepin County District Court. The bogus notice pressures recipients with an upcoming hearing date and flashes a QR code that tells people to pay up or show up.
In a Facebook post, the Wabasha Police Department called the document fraudulent and told residents to ignore its instructions. The department wrote that “the notice posted below is a scam” and warned, in all caps, “do not scan the QR code on the notice.”…