Quick Response Codes or QR codes are a convenient way to access menus at restaurants, find information on an event, or send the user to a link of the business or organization that they please. One professional has seen reports of fraudsters taking advantage of these QR codes by covering up existing, legitimate QR codes with one that would send an unsuspecting person to a link that could release their personal information.

Jack Myers, Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration says citizens must stay vigilant to this new type of scam as social security numbers and other sensitive information can be used against you.

Identity theft can be a result of falling victim to a QR code scam, among the other scam methods, Myers describes the frightening power scammers hold when they get this information.

Myers says the first action once a person believes their identity has been stolen should be to visit ftc.gov, or identitiytheft.gov, to find a game plan on how to recognize and recover from the throws of identity theft.

Jack Myers appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.