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 ## Our stories
 
+## QR code scams
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+In April 2025, the Shared Data Unit [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6yznmv3gzo) how the number of so-called 'quishing' scams, linked to fake or fraudulent QR codes, rose 14-fold in five years, with organised crime gangs blamed for the rise.
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+* [GitHub repo](https://github.com/jomorris-sdu/qr-code-scams)
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 ### Toxic land across the UK
 
 In March, 2025, the Shared Data Unit [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gez4zgk8ko_) how thousands of parcels of potentially contaminated land, which have never been checked by local councils, could be posing a risk to health and even life.