Is "Debit: Signature purchase from 844010069889 ATT*BI" fraud?

Written by Jemina Owen-Jones

April 18th, 2024

About "**Debit: Signature purchase from 844010069889 ATT*BI**"

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.

Debit: Indicates that the transaction resulted in a deduction from the account balance.

Signature purchase: Indicates that the transaction was done using a signature instead of a PIN.

844010069889: The merchant identification number for the transaction.

ATT*BILL PAYMENT: Identifies the merchant as AT&T and the purpose of the transaction as a bill payment.

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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.