Is "PRIME VIDEO TVOD" fraud?

Written by Aiden Lee

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "PRIME VIDEO TVOD"?

Amazon Prime Video is a part of Amazon.com, Inc. which was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. It is a subscription-based streaming service that offers television shows and films for rent or purchase. Apart from the vast library of films and TV shows including those produced in-house, they also allow users to subscribe to other services like HBO, Showtime, and Starz through their platform. It also provides original content, exclusive to their platform for viewers.'

  • PRIME: Refers to a specific service or subscription related to the online retailer Amazon's Prime membership.
  • VIDEO: Refers to the category of the transaction, indicating that it is related to a video or media item.
  • TVOD: Stands for "Transactional Video on Demand," indicating that the transaction is related to the purchase or rental of a specific video on-demand content.

    • 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

    Bradley Montgomery

    Concerned about PRIME VIDEO TVOD charge on my statement from 4/15/2023. Any advice on resolving this issue? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!

    Alexis Thome

    Trying to cancel a prime video TVOD that I did not authorize!!!!

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