Is "DDA PUR PARTYCITY. 123 MAIN St" fraud?

Written by Ethan Patel

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "DDA PUR PARTYCITY. 123 MAIN St"?

Party City was founded in 1986 and has thus been in business for over three decades. The company specializes in a wide range of party supplies and decorations. Their retail products include themed party decorations, balloons, costumes, tableware, and various party favors. Party City also offers seasonal items for events such as Halloween, Christmas, and New Year's celebrations. The company operates both physical stores and an online platform for product sales.

DDA: Demand Deposit Account

PUR: Purchase

PARTYCITY: Merchant or Retailer Name (Party City)

123 MAIN St: Merchant Location (123 Main Street)

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.