RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- They've been around for more than 30 years and became popular during the COVID pandemic, but experts warn, when you scan a QR code and you’re not careful, you could be setting yourself up to get scammed.

"73 percent of people in the in the U.S. will actually scan a QR code and then go to the website without actually verifying whether or not it's legit or,” said Patrick McNeil, a cybersecurity Strategist with GuidePoint Security.

He says scammers are capitalizing on these fun-to-scan squares, in what's being called "Quishing."

"While a lot of attacks used to be just phishing campaigns where you get an email, over 30% of those now have moved to QR code scams,” McNeil told CBS 17.

He says scammers will send an email or postcard with a code to scan. The victim may a

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