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U.S. Parking QR Code Scam Warnings

22 official U.S. warnings about fake QR code stickers on parking meters, pay stations and parking signs, December 2021 to October 2026, each issued or confirmed by a city, parking authority, sheriff, police department or prosecutor. A scanned fake sticker sends drivers to a look-alike payment page, so the driver pays the scammer instead of the lot.

Rows
22
Checked
November 5, 2026
License
CC BY 4.0
Formats
CSV and JSON
Download CSVDownload JSONView on Hugging Face(opens in a new tab)

Key facts

  • The first U.S. warning was San Antonio police on December 20, 2021, followed by Austin and Houston in January 2022.
  • Florida has 5 warnings: Fort Lauderdale (twice), Miami, Orlando and Pinellas County.
  • On September 30, 2026, the Manhattan District Attorney and NYC Department of Investigation announced charges in a parking-meter QR scheme.

Updated November 5, 2026: 9 warnings added, New York re-sourced to NYC DOT's own advisory, and one row without an official issuer removed.

The data

us-parking-qr-code-scam-warnings.csv · 22 rows · 7 columns

22 of 22 rows

12021-12-20San AntonioTXSan Antonio Police Departmentparking metersKSATksat.com
22022-01-04AustinTXAustin Transportation (City of Austin)on-street pay stationsAustin Monitoraustinmonitor.com
32022-01-05HoustonTXParkHouston (City of Houston)on-street pay stationsCity of Houstonhoustontx.gov
42022-01-13StatewideMAMassachusetts State Policeparking metersBoston.comboston.com
52024-02-01BaltimoreMDParking Authority of Baltimore Cityparking metersWMAR-2 Newswmar2news.com
62024-08-25Redondo BeachCACity of Redondo Beachparking metersABC7 Los Angelesabc7.com
72024-10-04San FranciscoCASan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)parking pay machinesKRON4kron4.com
82024-11-14Fort LauderdaleFLCity of Fort Lauderdaleparking meters and pay-by-phone signsNBC 6 South Floridanbcmiami.com
92024-11-25RochesterMIRochester Police Departmentparking metersC & G Newspaperscandgnews.com
102024-12-17MiamiFLMiami Parking Authorityparking signs and metersWLRNwlrn.org
112024-12-31DetroitMIDetroit Municipal Parking Department / policeparking metersWILXwilx.com
122025-04-24Walnut CreekCAWalnut Creek Police Departmentparking metersCBS San Franciscocbsnews.com
132025-05-22Fort LauderdaleFLCity of Fort Lauderdaleparking meters and signsWLRNwlrn.org
142025-06-03OrlandoFLCity of Orlandoparking metersClickOrlando (WKMG)clickorlando.com
152025-06-06New YorkNYNYC Department of Transportationparking metersNYC DOT press releasenyc.gov
162025-07-03Waldorf (Charles County)MDCharles County Sheriff's Officeparking lot payment signsCharles County Sheriff's Officeccso.us
172025-07-29DenverCODenver Department of Transportation and Infrastructureparking signsDenver7denver7.com
182025-12-04Pinellas CountyFLPinellas County Sheriff's Officeparking meters, signs and pay stationsFOX 13 Tampa Bayfox13news.com
192026-01-05RaleighNCCity of Raleighparking metersABC11abc11.com
202026-02-25AshevilleNCCity of Ashevilleparking metersFox Carolinafoxcarolina.com
212026-09-30New York (Manhattan)NYManhattan District Attorney's Office and NYC Department of Investigationparking metersNYC DOI / Manhattan DA press releasenyc.gov
222026-10-01Ann ArborMIAnn Arbor Police Departmentparking metersWXYZwxyz.com

Columns

warning_date
date
The date the warning was issued (YYYY-MM-DD).
city
text
The city or county the warning covers (Statewide for a state warning).
state
text
Two-letter state code.
issuing_agency
text
The city, parking authority, sheriff, police department or prosecutor that issued or confirmed the warning.
location_type
text
Where the fake stickers were found, in the warning's words (parking meters, pay stations, signs).
source_name
text
The publication or official page that reported the warning.
source_url
url
Link to that source.

License and citation

Free to use, share and adapt, including commercially, under CC BY 4.0, as long as you credit Park Graph.

Cite as: Park Graph, "U.S. Parking QR Code Scam Warnings," November 5, 2026, https://parkgraph.com/data/us-parking-qr-code-scam-warnings, CC BY 4.0.

The files here are the files published on Hugging Face, byte for byte. Each JSON file holds the same rows, with every value exactly as the CSV has it and blank cells as null.

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