Is "ATT* BILL PAYMENT T" fraud?

Written by Jemina Owen-Jones

April 18th, 2024

About "**ATT* BILL PAYMENT T**"

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.

ATT: Refers to the recipient of the payment, in this case, the company or organization called AT&T.

*: Symbols are often used in transaction codes to separate different components or elements of the code. In this case, the * may indicate the end of the recipient name and the beginning of another part of the code.

BILL PAYMENT: Denotes that the transaction is related to a payment of a bill. It signifies that the user made a payment towards an outstanding bill or invoice.

T: It could represent different things depending on the specific bank or transaction system. It may refer to a specific type of payment or category within the user's bank account records.

Find & fight fraud from anywhere

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.