Is "PHILLIPS 66 - UNITED P" fraud?

Written by Ethan Patel

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "PHILLIPS 66 - UNITED P"?

Phillips 66 is a multinational energy company that has been in business since it was founded in 1927. The company provides a range of retail products including gasoline, diesel fuel, and aviation fuel. It also offers lubricants, natural gas, and petrochemicals. In addition to fuel products, Phillips 66 operates convenience stores under various brand names. The company's operations encompass refining, marketing, and transportation of petroleum products.

**PHILLIPS 66**: Indicates the merchant name where the transaction took place, in this case, Phillips 66.

**-**: Separator between merchant name and location.

**UNITED P**: Abbreviation or partial name indicating the location of the merchant; this could represent "United Petroleum" or a similar entity, or it could signify a place named "UNITED" with a trailing letter due to character limit.

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.