{"id":525329,"date":"2026-07-14T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525329\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:16:10","slug":"fake-qr-code-payment-stickers-found-on-christchurch-parking-meters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525329\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake QR code payment stickers found on Christchurch parking meters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Fraudulent stickers directing customers to fake payment websites have been discovered on parking machines across Christchurch, prompting a warning to motorists from the city council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Council staff found stickers with QR codes placed on parking machines, both council-operated and privately owned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The meter screens had also been vandalised with permanent marker to prevent customers using the machine, encouraging them to scan the fraudulent QR code to make a payment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Head of transport Stephen Wright said the council was taking the matter &#8220;very seriously&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The stickers at these sites were immediately removed and monitoring and surveillance from the Parking Compliance team has been increased \u2013 we\u2019ll be out checking meters daily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;However, residents should be mindful that any stickers like this are not legitimate. The council would never prompt payment through QR codes and the correct payment method for council-owned parking sites is always provided on the parking meters themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Anyone who used the fraudulent website or entered account details should contact their bank, police and the council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police have been contacted for further comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fraudulent stickers directing customers to fake payment websites have been discovered on parking machines across Christchurch, prompting a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-525329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}