Is "Web Authorized Pmt Gasbuddy" fraud?

Written by Julian Sanchez

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "Web Authorized Pmt Gasbuddy"?

GasBuddy is a company that has been in business since 2000. It provides a mobile app and website service to help consumers find real-time gas prices at more than 140,000 gas stations across North America. The company offers additional retail products such as a payment card that provides discounts on fuel purchases and a subscription service for roadside assistance. GasBuddy also provides data analysis services to businesses and government agencies.

Web Authorized: Indicates the transaction was approved via an online platform

Pmt: Abbreviation for "Payment"

Gasbuddy: The merchant or service related to the 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.