Is "AMAZON DIGITAL DOWNLOADS" fraud?

Written by Sage Wallace

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "AMAZON DIGITAL DOWNLOADS"?

Amazon has been operational since its founding in July 1994. The company's initial focus was on online book sales but has since expanded to a large variety of retail products. Among these are electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The growth of Amazon has also seen it venture into sectors like cloud computing services (Amazon Web Services), digital streaming (Amazon Prime Video), and artificial intelligence.\n"

  • AMAZON: The name of the company involved in the transaction.
  • DIGITAL DOWNLOADS: The type of product or service purchased.
  • It does not provide specific information about the transaction code.:

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    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.
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    STEP 2

    Connect Your Bank

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    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

    Kendra Moore

    Damn, just noticed a random charge for AMAZON DIGITAL DOWNLOADS on my statement. WTF? Anyone else dealing with this? #creditcardconfusion

    Everett Manning

    That charge on my credit card statement is so confusing - gotta get it sorted ASAP, seems fishy to me. Better safe than sorry!

    Susan A Goetz

    Did not order!!!!!!!! This, taking out so far 2 months-or so $8.99

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