Is "UBER PAYMENTS BV" fraud?

Written by Piper Hall

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "UBER PAYMENTS BV"?

Uber Technologies Inc. was established in 2009 with its headquarters in San Francisco, USA. The company operates in the rideshare industry, offering services like peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, and a micro-mobility system with electric bikes and scooters. Additionally, Uber has food delivery and package delivery services, called Uber Eats and Uber Freight respectively. The company is known for its establishment of the sharing economy with its business model.'

UBER: Refers to the company or organization involved in the transaction.

PAYMENTS: Indicates that the transaction is related to making or receiving payments.

BV: Stands for "Besloten Vennootschap" which translates to "Private Limited Company" in Dutch. It denotes the legal structure of the entity involved in the payment.

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.

SimplyWise Community Comments

Harold Jenkins

"Wow, I had the exact same charge on my statement! Don't worry, it turned out to be a legit purchase from a website I forgot about. Just double-check and it should be fine!"