Is "PURCHASE OH LOT 5159805 RESET" fraud?

Written by Julian Sanchez

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "PURCHASE OH LOT 5159805 RESET"?

The Ohio Lottery has been in operation since 1974. It offers a variety of lottery games, including scratch-off tickets, draw-based games such as Mega Millions and Powerball, and Keno. Additionally, the Ohio Lottery provides several online gaming options through its website and mobile application. Revenue generated from the sale of lottery products is used to support public education in the state of Ohio.

PURCHASE: Transaction type indicating a purchase was made

OH: State abbreviation (Ohio) where the transaction occurred

LOT: Reference to the store or merchant (abbreviated as LOT likely indicating a lottery or specific vendor)

5159805: Unique transaction identification number

RESET: Additional information indicating the transaction may have involved a reset or specific type of 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.