Is "POS DIRECT AUTO DISTRIBUTIN509-x8422" fraud?

Written by Gavin Brooks

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "POS DIRECT AUTO DISTRIBUTIN509-x8422"?

Direct Auto Insurance, a subsidiary of National General Holdings Corp., has been in business since 1991. The company provides a range of insurance products, including auto insurance, motorcycle insurance, and life insurance. Direct Auto Insurance also offers roadside assistance and emergency protection plans, as well as products tailored to specific needs, such as commercial auto insurance for small businesses. Their services are available across multiple states in the U.S., and they operate primarily through a network of local agents, as well as online and via phone.

POS: Point Of Sale

DIRECT: Direct Transaction

AUTO: Automotive-related purchase

DISTRIBUTIN: Merchant/Distributor

509: Transaction location or identifier (could be an area code)

x8422: Partially masked account or card number

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.