We are warning residents to double-check their parking fines following the discovery of fraudulent parking tickets being used within the municipality.
The fraudulent tickets were first discovered in Greater Geelong this morning following their emergence in other local government areas earlier this year.
They have a realistic appearance although there are several distinguishing features that set them apart from an authentic ticket, notably they have a blue band across the top and a QR code.
Official City of Greater Geelong parking tickets:
- bear an eight-digit infringement number,
- are all white and do not have a blue band across the top,
- feature the registration plate and details of the offending vehicle,
- do not have a QR code,
- feature legislative references at the top of the ticket, and
- bear an officer ID consisting of three numbers.
Director of Community Service Delivery Robyn Stevens:
We’re not yet fully aware of how the fraudulent tickets are being used by scammers but we strongly advise anyone receiving a suspicious looking parking ticket not to click on any link or to use the QR code.
I encourage anyone receiving a parking ticket within Greater Geelong to take a few moments to check that it bears the features of an official City of Greater Geelong parking ticket.
