Is "Direct Debit: Nintendo, Iat Paypal" fraud?

Written by Remi Russell

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "Direct Debit: Nintendo, Iat Paypal"?

Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company founded on September 23, 1889. Initially, the company produced playing cards, but it later expanded into the video game industry. Nintendo offers a variety of retail products, including gaming consoles such as the Nintendo Switch, handheld devices like the Nintendo 3DS, and a wide array of video game titles across various genres. The company is known for popular gaming franchises, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon.

Direct Debit: Indicates the type of transaction (Direct Debit)

Nintendo: The merchant or company involved (Nintendo)

Iat: International Automated Transfer or Internet Authorization Transaction

Paypal: Payment processor used (PayPal)

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.