Is "FRIENDLY EXPRESS PREAUTHPMT CO ID:XXXXX50043 POS F" fraud?

Written by Sage Wallace

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "FRIENDLY EXPRESS PREAUTHPMT CO ID:XXXXX50043 POS F"?

Friendly Express has been in business since 1992. The company operates a number of convenience stores primarily in the southeastern United States. They provide a range of retail products including gasoline, beverages, snacks, and basic groceries. They also offer prepared foods and have various branded merchandise available for purchase.

FRIENDLY EXPRESS: Merchant name

PREAUTHPMT: Type of transaction (Pre-authorized payment)

CO ID: XXXXX50043

POS: Point of Sale

FRIENDLY EXP-3645: Store location or terminal identifier

INNER PER: Likely a shorthand for the city or region of the transaction (Inner Perimeter)

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.