Is "IC* INSTACART*SUBSCRIP" fraud?

Written by Piper Hall

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "IC* INSTACART*SUBSCRIP"?

Instacart is a grocery delivery and pick-up organization that began operations in 2012. The American-based company works with several major grocery retailers to deliver foods

  • IC*: Abbreviation for Instacart, the name of the merchant
  • INSTACART*: The merchant's name, indicating that the transaction is related to Instacart
  • SUBSCRIP: Abbreviation for subscription, indicating that this transaction is related to a subscription service offered by Instacart

    • 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.

    SimplyWise Community Comments

    Blake McCallister

    This charge from IC* INSTACART*SUBSCRIP on 5/15/2023 is fraudulent! They better refund my money ASAP! So sick of these scams! ????????

    Lloyd Henderson

    Hey, I had the same charge on my credit card statement. It turned out to be legit - just a purchase I forgot about. Don't panic, but do double-check!

    Fraud insta art INSTACART FRAUD

    I had a IC instacart subscription fee of $49 charged on my account, fraud charge

    J mowery

    I had a 99.00$ charge on my debit card for what I have no idea what it was. My option. This world is killing it self ..darn people.

    Leatrice Campbell

    On 10/1/24, Instacart charge my checking account $99.00 for a delivery of groceries that I had ALREADY paid Aldi for including for it bring delivered. This was the second time that I ordered from Aldi. I followed the directions when I placed my order. I did not signed to pay $99.00 to InstatCart. I will not pay this. I am a Senior Citizen on a fixed and limited income.

    Helene Karcher

    I do not use this service Please cancel this charge.

    Helene Karcher

    I do not use this service -- fraud

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