Is "SAMSCLUB 8186 GAS" fraud?

Written by Caleb Martin

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "SAMSCLUB 8186 GAS"?

Sam's Club, a membership-only retail warehouse club, is a division of Walmart Inc. Established in 1983, it has been in business for over three decades now. The company provides a broad range of products in its retail units including groceries, electronics, home goods, pharmacy, tyres, jewelry, among others. In addition to these, it also offers services such as financial and health services."

  • SAMSCLUB: The name of the merchant or company involved in the transaction
  • 8186: A code or identification number related to the specific location or branch of the merchant
  • GAS: Indicates that the transaction was for a purchase of gasoline at the specified SAMSCLUB location

    • 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.

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    STEP 2

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    STEP 3

    Reconcile

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    SimplyWise Community Comments

    Hank Lawson

    That same charge showed up on my statement too! It turned out to be legit, just a quirky name for a subscription I forgot about. Hang in there!

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