Is "IPHONE CITIZ*PMT 13 OF 24" fraud?

Written by Caleb Martin

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "**IPHONE CITIZ*PMT 13 OF 24**"?

Iphone Citiz has been in business since 2010. The company specializes in retailing various technology products. Their product range includes smartphones, particularly iPhones, tablets, smartwatches, and accessories such as chargers, cases, and screen protectors. They also offer repair services for damaged devices. The company operates both online and through physical retail stores.

IPHONE: Item purchased, typically from a specific vendor or through a payment service.

CITIZ: Abbreviation likely indicating the issuing entity, such as a bank or merchant.

*PMT: Denotes a payment transaction.

13 OF 24: Indicates the installment number and total installments for a payment plan (13th payment out of 24 total payments).

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.