I cannot vouch for this information as I use a 3G phone for security and privacy and am unable to scan QR codes for direct access to further online information; but the following came to me from a reliable source (David Pattenden on UK Facebook) and may be of use to some of you who regularly scan QR Codes.
"...... A nasty scam that I think would catch most people out.
The scammers obtain your details by you scanning a QR code with your phone and it sneakily starts taking payments from your bank under the name of STH-1 or QSTYRSA. The amount is always £29.99 and it will continue to take these payments until stopped. They scammers are using QR codes linked to car parking, Sky TV, Discovery+ and several others. If you upgrade to Discovery+ from a TV screen, or pay parking via your phone bank app they take your money.
Its a scam called piggybacking where the scammer hides code which obtains your card details.
Please share. ......"
I don't know how you go about elimination such malicious code from you phone, nor if this story is true, so over to you and your research. Possibly starting here ...
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