Residents of Asheville, NC have fallen victim to a clever prankster.
Fake parking tickets for $100 have been popping up around town. The normal fee is only $10.
So far a few people have tried to pay them but the city isn’t taking the money.
The tickets also have a QR code and where it leads is the worst part. In an interview with WLOS Asheville’s Transportation Director, Ken Putnam had this to say about the QR code, “It was kind of surprising to go to a link for a YouTube video, and then when I went it was featuring some rock star that I didn’t know who it was.”
That’s right, this prankster is Rick Rolling people. Scan the code and you are taken to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” At least he’s not taking advantage of innocent people by scamming them out of $100. The prankster even put a PDF of the bogus parking ticket online for anybody who wants to get this prank going in their city. You can find it right HERE.
