IE 11 Not Supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.

Who’s writing bogus parking tickets in Asheville, N.C.?

Answer: It’s a mystery.

Someone has been issuing fake parking tickets in Ashville, N.C. Officials are frustrated, according to WLOS.com, but it appears the prankster is comedically, not financially, motivated.

The QR code printed on each parking ticket is a link to the YouTube video for pop star Rick Astley’s 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up."

"It was kind of surprising to go to a link for a YouTube video, and then when I went, it was featuring some rock star that I didn't know," city Transportation Director Putnam Ken Putnam told the news outlet.

If caught, officials said the most serious charge they could levy against the perpetrator is littering.