Can You Determine a Product's Country of Origin by Its Bar Code? Finding out where a given product was manufactured is not so simple as looking at its bar code.

According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, the card draining scam involves tampering with the bar code on gift cards and stealing the money loaded on them.

In addition, Moscow residents will be obligated to register for a government-issued QR code — a small square matrix bar code containing personal data.