The Delhi Police on Monday arrested four men for allegedly duping Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's daughter of Rs 34,000. Their weapon of choice, Quick Response (QR) code.
The Delhi CM's daughter is not alone. There have been several such cases reported in the recent past, especially after the pandemic struck.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma took to Twitter on Tuesday to spread a word of caution to his 416.7K followers while receiving unsolicited messages asking for their QR codes to be scanned. Urging them to be careful, he also wrote that the messaging platform, WhatsApp, had become a tool for such fraudsters.