If you’ve seen a post claiming “quiet parking sensors” are quietly mailing $250 fines to California homeowners, you’re not crazy for feeling alarmed. What’s real right now is that more citations are being issued with less face-to-face contact, and some of them do arrive by mail. What’s also real is that scammers have started copying official-looking parking citations and using QR codes to grab payments and personal info. In other words, the “quiet” part is believable, but the details matter a lot. Here’s how to tell what’s legit, what’s automated enforcement, and what’s a scam.
