Is "KINDLE SVCS" fraud?

Written by Julian Sanchez

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "KINDLE SVCS"?

The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon first introduced the Kindle series to the market in 2007. These devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking. Apart from e-books, some Kindle devices also offer features like built-in light for night-time reading and occasional promotions. Some versions of Kindle have touch capability, and some have a full-color screen known as the Kindle Fire.'

KINDLE: This refers to the specific service or product being provided, in this case, it is related to Kindle.

SVCS: This is an abbreviation for "services", indicating that the transaction is for a service provided by Kindle.

Verify if this transaction is fraud in 30 seconds

Verify With Receipt

The best way to tell if this charge is fraudulent is to find the receipt. You may have an electronic copy of the receipt, which you can finding by searching in your email accounts for.

Or, if you want to automatically find and reconcile receipts so you never worry about fraud, you can use SimplyWise to automatically match all bank and credit card transactions to email and paper receipts. The app instantly reconciles your expenses and flags anything that doesn't match.

STEP 1

Connect your Email

Download the SimplyWise app and connect your email account. SimplyWise will search through your emails and find all the receipts in your inbox. This allows you to understand what exactly you are paying for when you see a bank transaction on your statement.

STEP 2

Connect Your Bank

Connect to your bank account/credit card transactions through the secure (256 bit encryption) Reconciliation feature within the app.

STEP 3

Reconcile

Reconcile the charges reported by your financial institution against what you've recorded in your SimplyWise account. Find fraud quickly! SimplyWise will match your transactions to your bank/credit card spending and check those items off.

SimplyWise Community Comments

Harold Anderson

Hey, I had a similar charge on my statement! Contact your bank ASAP to report it and get it resolved. Don't delay, better safe than sorry!