Is "CHECKCARD 0116 VESTA *AT&T PREPAID OR XXXXXXXXXXXX" fraud?

Written by Sage Wallace

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "**CHECKCARD 0116 VESTA *AT&T PREPAID OR XXXXXXXXXXXX**"?

AT&T Prepaid is a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., a multinational telecommunications and media company that has been in business for more than a century, since its founding in 1885. AT&T Prepaid offers a range of retail products primarily focused on prepaid mobile services. These services include various prepaid mobile plans, data plans, mobile hotspot devices, and compatible smartphones. The prepaid mobile plans feature options for talk, text, and data, allowing customers to choose plans according to their usage needs. AT&T Prepaid operates within the larger framework of AT&T Inc.'s comprehensive telecommunications network.

CHECKCARD: Transaction was made using a check card.

0116: The date of the transaction (January 16).

VESTA *AT&T PREPAID: The vendor or service related to the transaction, indicating a payment to AT&T Prepaid through Vesta.

OR: Likely indicates the state associated with the transaction, in this case, Oregon.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: Obscured details for privacy/security.

RECURRING: Indicates this transaction is part of a recurring payment setup.

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.