Following a week-long distribution of phoney parking citations around a Dublin neighbourhood, the Gardaí have warned drivers, reports The Mirror.
Over the past several days, officers have received alerts about scammers putting phoney, but incredibly realistic, parking fines on cars in the Dún Laoghaire region.
With a QR code at the bottom that links to a credible mirror of the local authority’s fines payment website, the phoney tickets are “very plausible” replicas of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council parking penalties, reports The Mirror.
Following allegations of the phoney tickets, the Gardaí stated they had opened an inquiry. They advised drivers to verify the ticket with the Gardaí or their local authority if they have any doubts.
A Garda spokesperson wrote: “Could you spot a fraudulent parking ticket? This convincing fake was just one of many left on cars in Dún Laoghaire earlier this week. These tickets are very plausible copies of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council parking fines. The QR code at the bottom also links to a convincing mirror of the local authority’s fines payment site. We are currently investigating the matter to identify who placed these fake tickets, and to trace the payments made to this fake fine payment site,” reports The Mirror.
“If you have any doubts or suspicions about a ticket placed on your car, please contact us or the local authority to verify it. We ask that you contact us if you have any information that could assist with our investigation into these fake tickets: Dún Laoghaire Garda Station at (01) 666 5000, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station,” the Garda added, reports The Mirror.
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