Scams come in many different forms and becoming familiar with the various tactics can help detour residents in the Sun Cities from falling victim.
Scammers sound official. These individuals know what to say to sound official enough to instill fear or worry in individuals, making it easier to scam personal information or money in just one phone call, link or QR code, which is a machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares and typically used for storing URLs or other information using the camera on a smartphone.
Since the arrival of the pandemic, several places, such as restaurants, medical offices and businesses use QR codes for menus or registration. But not all QR codes are real.
