Is "YOUTUBEPREMIUM G.CO/HELPPAY#" fraud?

Written by Julian Sanchez

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "YOUTUBEPREMIUM G.CO/HELPPAY#"?

YouTube Premium is a paid streaming subscription service owned by YouTube, which was established in 2005. It provides ad-free access to videos on the site, offline play, and access to exclusive content. YouTube Premium also includes access to YouTube Music Premium and Google Play Music services.'

YOUTUBEPREMIUM: Indicates that this transaction is related to a YouTube Premium subscription.

G.CO: Refers to Google's URL shortener service, indicating that the payment was made through a Google platform.

HELPPAY#: Represents the reference or identifier for the payment made for the YouTube Premium subscription.

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 McKenzie

Man, I saw this YOUTUBEPREMIUM charge on my statement last week and got so freaked out! Thought it was fraud, but turns out it's legit! Guess my kid signed up for it. Phew! ????

Linab

Same Here. Saw this when checking my balance online. Just KNEW it was fraud because I am the only one that buys things online. The bank lady said "it appears it was just done by the other account holder." I said "we've been married 40 years and he has NEVER bought anything online, but I'll check." I was soo embarrassed, but happy I wasn't going to go through the 3-month card cancelling nightmare.