Is "PLAY PASS G.CO/HELPPAY#CA" fraud?

Written by Julian Sanchez

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "PLAY PASS G.CO/HELPPAY#CA"?

Google Play Pass was launched by Google in September 2019. It is a subscription service that provides access to a curated collection of mobile applications and games available on the Google Play Store. Users who subscribe to Google Play Pass can download and use various apps and games without additional charges or ads. The service includes a variety of categories such as productivity tools, educational apps, and entertainment games.

PLAY PASS: Description of the service or merchant

G.CO/HELPPAY: Google help or support URL

#CA: Likely the country code (Canada) or state code (California) depending on the context

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.