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Cochise County sheriff warns of QR‑code traffic-ticket scam, discusses Wilcox shooting and fire risks
Summary
Sheriff Mark Danlos warned listeners about a scam that uses QR codes to impersonate traffic-division notices, urged independent verification, and discussed a recent Wilcox shooting (investigation to county attorney) plus wildfire readiness and busy volunteer search-and-rescue activity.
Sheriff Mark Danlos used a county radio appearance to warn Cochise County residents about a circulating scam that impersonates court traffic notices and asks people to scan QR codes to pay bogus fines.
"The courts are not gonna send you a text," the sheriff said, urging residents not to scan links or call numbers included in suspicious messages and to verify notices directly with county or Maricopa County officials. He told listeners that…
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