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Scan a QR code, enter your payment details, recharge your car and drive on – it sounds like standard procedure when pulling up to a charging point. But scammers in several countries are using exactly this method to get bank details and credit card numbers off unsuspecting drivers. Electric car owners should take be sceptical of any QR code sticker they find on public charging stations, especially if this is how they are asking for payment. Fake QR codes have been reported in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy, among other countries. The scam is known as “quishing,” and i…

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