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Is "AT&T COR DF" fraud?

Written by Jemina Owen-Jones

April 18th, 2024

About "AT&T COR DF"

AT&T is a telecommunications company that has been in business for over 135 years. They provide a range of retail products including mobile phones, wireless plans, internet services, and digital TV services.
  • AT&T: Name of the company involved in the transaction
  • COR: Abbreviation for corporate, indicating that the transaction is related to the company's corporate or business account
  • DF: Could stand for different things depending on the banking institution:
  • Department Fee: It could indicate a fee charged by a particular department within the bank
  • Direct Deposit: It could indicate a Direct Deposit transaction into the bank account
  • Debit from: It could indicate a debit transaction from the account with a specific reference code assigned by the bank.

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    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 AT&T.
    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 Stone
    3 months ago
    That charge totally caught me off guard too! Don't stress, just dispute it with your bank and they'll sort it out for you. It happened to me once and everything turned out fine. ????????
    Arthur Sullivan
    3 months ago
    This AT&T COR DF charge is a total scam! Saw it on my statement on 7/15/2024. Can't believe they got away with this! #FraudulentCharge