DES warns of scam QRcode found, call hotline

June 19, 2022

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19 June 2022 – 15:14

DES warns against scam QR code, be careful and conscious Point out that if a criminal is found, make a complaint to the hotline 1212, insisting that they are ready to help people

Ms. Noppawan Chaiyamun, spokesman for the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Political Division, or DES, said that QR CODE is currently very popular. in the expenditure of goods or services Many restaurants are starting to use QR CODE for cashless payments. The relatively convenient usage of QR CODE also requires caution and sanity because the culprit or malicious person may intentionally use the QR CODE to type the URL.

This leads to fraudulent websites (phishing) tricking them into entering information or bank accounts or tricking them into transferring money to someone else’s account other than the merchant’s account as well. QR CODE whether the page is reliable or not, before pressing Scan, should check or preview the link or URL when we use the camera of the Smart Phone to look at it before pressing Scan if it is found that the link appears strange. or does not match the name of the website that is being used, should not continue to press Scan

It is best to use a scanning program that can identify whether the links scanned from the QR CODE are malicious links, which can be obtained from an antivirus program with this feature, similar to scanning a virus before using a usb drive. But this is to scan QR CODE or link before doing the next transaction and when you press Scan QR CODE before transferring money or doing any transaction. You should make sure it’s actually the seller’s account. by asking to confirm with the seller whether this account name is correct or not before transferring money to pay for the goods Because the culprit can create a fake QR CODE account other than the account of the merchant to deceive us. Should be aware or be careful in this section as well.

However, if it is found that a criminal has come to deceive and there are groups of crooks to create problems for people Complaints can be filed at the Ministry of Digital, hotline 1212, or file a complaint with the police. We will expedite the solution for the people’s brothers and sisters.