Palma de Mallorca

Beware of scams: "QRishing" on Mallorca

The Falstaff Travel Editors, 21.05.2026

The Spanish police are warning of a new scam on the Balearic Islands: Criminals are sticking fake codes over QR codes in restaurants and on parking machines to lure unsuspecting users to manipulated sites and steal sensitive data.

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A quick glance at your smartphone, scan it once - and it can happen: What looks like a normal QR code on a restaurant wall or parking meter is increasingly turning out to be a trap. In Mallorca and other parts of Spain, the police are warning of a new form of fraud in which so-called "QRishing" attacks are becoming increasingly common, as Mallorca Magazine reports.

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