Is "ACH WEB PU XXXXX2100 WWW.GALOTTERY.CO ICHECK" fraud?

Written by Caleb Martin

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "ACH WEB PU XXXXX2100 WWW.GALOTTERY.CO ICHECK"?

GA Lottery iHope, established by the Georgia Lottery Corporation in 1992, operates as a state lottery in Georgia. The organization offers a variety of lottery products, including scratch-off tickets and draw games such as Powerball, Mega Millions, and Fantasy 5. Revenues generated are used to fund educational programs within the state, notably the HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs. Through its retail network, GA Lottery iHope provides lottery tickets available for purchase at numerous authorized retail locations throughout Georgia.

ACH: Automated Clearing House, a network for processing electronic payments

WEB: Indicates the transaction was initiated via the internet

PU: Payment type or purpose (may vary by bank)

XXXXX2100: Part of an account number or transaction identifier, typically masked for security

WWW.GALOTTERY.CO: The merchant or the website where the transaction took place

ICHECK: A type of electronic check transaction

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.