Letters use QR codes to direct victims to phishing websites. Ledger has warned customers never to share their seed phrases. More than four months after Ledger first flagged the tactic, scammers ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.

Nottinghamshire County Council said the scam looked "fairly legitimate".

Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study — and critics claim it’s because Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is more focused on making money ...