Is "POINT OF SALE DEBIT KINDLE UNLT WA 2978" fraud?

Written by Lily Tran

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "POINT OF SALE DEBIT KINDLE UNLT WA 2978"?

The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon first introduced the Kindle series to the market in 2007. These devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking. Apart from e-books, some Kindle devices also offer features like built-in light for night-time reading and occasional promotions. Some versions of Kindle have touch capability, and some have a full-color screen known as the Kindle Fire.'

POINT OF SALE: This indicates that the transaction was made at a physical location using a debit card.

DEBIT: The transaction was made using a debit card, meaning the funds are instantly withdrawn from the user's bank account.

KINDLE UNLT WA: This refers to the name or description of the merchant or business where the transaction took place. In this case, it may be a bookstore or online retailer related to Kindle Unlimited (an e-book subscription service).

2978: This could be a reference number or a unique identifier for 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.