“The stickers are made to appear as if you could pay for the parking space via an external ... If the edges of each line and character aren’t sharp and crystal precise, it might be a fake.

Offering some free parking with the city sticker would be a convenient way to use a fee that already exists to benefit locals rather than tourists, city spokesperson Eric Holl said. The city ...

Consumer officials were on the lookout for fake parking tickets and QR code stickers on parking meters during last year’s draft in Detroit. Scammers may stick their own QR code on a parking ...