Is "CMSVEND*BREC VENDING" fraud?

Written by Ethan Patel

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "**CMSVEND*BREC VENDING**"?

The Toll Roads of Orange County, known officially as the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), have been in operation since the early 1990s. The agency manages and operates a network of toll roads in Orange County, California. These roads include State Routes 73, 133, 241, and 261. TCA provides tolling services for these routes, including electronic FasTrak transponders and other payment options to facilitate seamless travel. They do not offer retail products but focus on transportation infrastructure and toll collection services. The agency aims to provide alternative routes to alleviate traffic congestion in the region.

CMSVEND: Merchant name or code

BREC: Location or sub-merchant code

VENDING: Description of the transaction

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.