New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- A viral video is doing the rounds on social media, purportedly showing a QR code "scam" in action, where customers are being allegedly asked to pay for parking, but the UPI account seems to be unaffiliated to the government authority.

The video, which at time of writing, has over 18 lakh views, showed a customer questioning the parking attendant about why the name on the code did not match the parking authority, but was of a person named "Vinod Kumar".

The video, posted by meme account Prof Cheems, with the text: "New Scam Unlocked", received responses from Razorpay founder Shashank Kumar and Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

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