Yesterday, North Wales Police were informed by staff at Conwy County Council that they have discovered 20+ additional fraudulent QR code stickers on their parking meters since the weekend. These stickers once scanned are leading to a fake website that for all intents and purposes look legitimate. The victim is therefore entering their bank card information to pay for their parking, which the offenders then use to go on a spending spree.

Denbighshire Council have had a similar spate and published a Facebook post to warn about these yesterday. Read their post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AGS5jKu69/

North Wales Police are working closely in conjunction with the affected County Councils to assist and to further progress the investigations. Any persons who have fallen foul of this scam typology are encouraged to contact North Wales Police to report the matter.

It is very possible that other areas of North Wales will also be targeted by the offenders, particularly as it gets busier into the spring and summer. Please share this information with your family, friends and neighbours to make sure that they don’t get caught out.
 

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Ddoe, cafodd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru wybod gan staff Cyngor Sir Conwy eu bod wedi darganfod 20+ o sticeri cod QR twyllodrus ychwanegol ar eu peiriannau talu am barcio ers y penwythnos. Mae'r sticeri yma ar ôl eu sganio yn arwain at wefan ffug sydd yn edrych yn ddilys. O ganlyniad mae'r dioddefwr yn rhannu gwybodaeth ei gerdyn banc er mwyn talu am barcio, ac mae'r troseddwyr yn ei ddefnyddio i fynd ar sbri siopa.

Mae Cyngor Sir Ddinbych wedi cael achosion tebyg ac wedi cyhoeddi post Facebook i rybuddio am y rhain ddoe. Darllenwch eu post yma: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AGS5jKu69/ 

Mae Heddlu Gogledd Cymru yn gweithio'n agos ar y cyd â'r Cynghorau Sir sydd wedi eu effeithio i gynorthwyo ac i gynnal ymchwiliadau. Anogir unrhyw un sydd wedi dioddef y math yma o dwyll i gysylltu â Heddlu Gogledd Cymru i riportio’r mater.

Mae’n bosibl iawn y bydd ardaloedd eraill yng Ngogledd Cymru hefyd yn cael eu targedu gan y troseddwyr, yn enwedig wrth iddi fynd yn fwy prysur dros y gwanwyn a’r haf. Rhannwch y wybodaeth yma gyda’ch teulu, ffrindiau a chymdogion i wneud yn siŵr nad ydynt yn cael eu dal allan.

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