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QR codes are now a familiar way to pay, browse and access services, but criminals are increasingly exploiting that trust. The latest figures raise questions about how cautious people in Newcastle upon Tyne should be when they scan.

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00:00I wouldn't use a one anyway because I don't, I don't, like, I do have the internet but I don't
00:08trust it, to be quite honest with you.
00:10I'm very old-fashioned in my ways and I think that I would never scan a QR code, ever.
00:17I do because I have heard about the scam, so yes, it would make me second guess, first of all,
00:21before I actually, you know, struck my card. Yeah, it would.
00:24I do, but I think some of these scams are getting very sophisticated and I think people need to be
00:32careful about QR codes.
00:36When everything was just cash, it did seem that way. Yeah, it was a lot easier, you knew what you
00:40were handing over and it was a fair exchange, so yeah, it was easier.
00:44I think the internet technology, phishing emails, QR code scams, there's all sorts of stuff that they've now been done
00:53in a very, very sophisticated manner.
00:56It's a big problem, I think.
00:59Maybe just have the app on your phone and you just pay with that and then there's no extra contact
01:04with anything else, you just pay there and then I think, rather than actually tapping the app anywhere else.
01:10I think it's difficult. I think if you're digitally kind of savvy, that's okay, but there are many, many millions
01:18of people who are not, who are not sophisticated in the digital space and I think they've got to educate
01:26themselves and society has to do a job of helping them.

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