Dropped $60 on a fake parking ticket in Oliver Square

Last weekend I parked in a lot near Oliver Square cause the street spots were all taken. Saw a sign that said $5 flat rate and figured okay fine. Got back to my car 2 hours later with a ticket on my windshield that looked legit. Turns out some scammers print fake tickets with a QR code that goes to a fake payment site. I only realized when I tried to pay it and the URL looked weird. Anyone else run into these fake ticket scams around Edmonton?

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dakota_fox20d ago

Oh man, this is so Edmonton it hurts! I swear I'm the same way with QR codes, I'd probably scan it and wonder why my bank account looks sadder than a prairie sky in November. One time I almost paid a fake tow truck driver in a parking lot because I was too embarrassed to admit I didn't know how to check my own tire pressure. At least you caught the weird URL before it was too late, I'd probably be sending my credit card info to a fake parking site and then getting spam calls from "Canadian Tire" about my expired warranty.

ivan52220d ago

$5 flat rate" sounds like a great deal until you realize you paid $60 to learn a life lesson, which is honestly peak Edmonton energy for me. I once got so excited about a "parking special" downtown that I paid with a fake app and ended up on a phishing list that still sends me weird emails about Nigerian princes (which I almost fell for again, no joke). At least you caught the weird URL before your credit card got drained, I definitely would've just blindly scanned that QR code like a golden retriever chasing a laser pointer.