Is "Kindle Unltd*T9542 10-06 WA 5224 DEBIT CARD PURCHA" fraud?

Written by Piper Hall

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "**Kindle Unltd*T9542 10-06 WA 5224 DEBIT CARD PURCHA**"?

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 Unltd*T9542": the name or identifier of the merchant or service provider (Kindle Unlimited), followed by a unique code or reference number (T9542)

"10-06": the date of the transaction in MM-DD format (October 6th)

"WA": the two-letter abbreviation for the state or location of the transaction (Washington)

"5224": an additional code or identifier specific to the transaction

"DEBIT CARD PURCHASE": a description indicating that the transaction was made using a debit card and it was a purchase transaction

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.