To protect against such fraud

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— Exactly, Johann. Not long ago, a bar owner contacted the capital's police. His bar had thus lost a day's revenue over the weekend — about 30 imperials. The bar used a contactless payment method using a QR code. A visitor could scan the code and thereby pay for an order, which was what the scammers took advantage of. They pasted their own QR code on top of the real QR code on the menu, as a result of which money from the visitors' accounts was sent not to the bar, but to the scammers.

— I must warn you that the following scheme has become widespread recently. In order for the victim not to suspect anything, the malware may not be activated immediately after the device is infected, but, for example, two weeks later. This is often used by scammers who deceive tourists. They offer to scan a QR code to get discounts, and for some time nothing croatia mobile database happens. Only after returning home from vacation, the tourist discovers that the money is missing. In addition to writing off funds from accounts, the malware can provide attackers with access to all the contents of the infected device, as well as the camera.

- But what do you recommend doing? How to protect ourselves?

— is recommended to install a special antivirus on your phone. Before opening a link, the program checks the scanned QR code for malicious content, and if any is found, it will warn the user about the danger.

- This is all great, but how do you get people to use such software?

- Now this is much more difficult! In my opinion, there are two ways. The first, the most correct and the most difficult one is to teach people, tell and explain. Especially since the antivirus is free.