Couple left baffled after being charged £370 after scanning car park pay-and-display machine code

TL;DR

A couple lost £370 to a QR code scam at the Spanish City plaza car park in Whitley Bay.
They scanned a fake QR code on a pay-and-display machine, which led to a website mimicking the parking firm RingGo.
After their initial payment was declined by the fake site, they paid for parking in cash.
The next day, they discovered £370 had been stolen from one of their bank accounts.
RingGo has stated they do not use QR codes for payment and warned customers to be cautious.

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