A second council has issued a scam warning after QR codes were stuck on parking machines.

Canterbury City Council has removed stickers in its car parks, which direct users to “quite a professional website” when they are scanned.

But the authority says it is not legit and highly likely to be a scam.

It comes after Dover District Council issued a similar warning yesterday.

“QR codes have been stuck onto some of our parking machines today, such as this one pictured in North Lane,” a city council spokesman said.

“Payment for parking by QR code is not something we offer at any of our car parks, or for on-street parking.

“Please do not scan any QR code you see on a parking machine.

“We have checked these stickers and they go to what appears to be quite a professional website, but it is not legit and is highly likely to be a scam where you will lose your money.

“Machines across the district are being checked and any QR codes will be removed.

“If you are paying for parking using your mobile phone, either call the number on the machine or download the Ringo app from your Apple or Android device.”

It comes after a report yesterday that scammers placed fake QR codes on pay-and-display machines in the hope unsuspecting drivers will scan them.

Dover council is warning people to be vigilant after the codes were spotted in a number of car parks across the district.

The authority says it is working to get them removed as a “matter of urgency”, but has put out the warning in a bid to raise awareness.