Scam Alert – Ottawa street parking meters

The City of Ottawa is warning residents of a recently discovered scam at parking meters involving fraudulent QR codes. The City does not provide QR code on parking meters for payment. Please see details from the city on the following link:
https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-news/newsroom/city-alerts-residents-new-qr-code-scam-parking-machines-ottawa

There’s also a CTV news report at:
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/city-of-ottawa-warns-of-qr-code-scam-at-parking-meters-1.6995472

Here’s what the QR code looks like, it takes you to poybyphone.online rather than paybyphone.com.