Is "Debit: Signature purchase from 17-8021128452 JAILA" fraud?

Written by Piper Hall

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "Debit: Signature purchase from 17-8021128452 JAILA"?

JailATM has been in business since 2001. The company provides a platform for families and friends to send money to incarcerated individuals. They also offer services that allow the purchase of commissary items for inmates, which can include food, personal care products, and other essentials. Additionally, JailATM provides electronic messaging services, enabling communication between inmates and their contacts outside.

Debit: Amount deducted from your account

Signature purchase: Transaction authorized by your signature

17: Likely the date or part of a unique identifier

8021128452: Unique transaction/reference number

JAILATM COM: The merchant or service provider for the purchase

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.