Is "PAYPAL INST XFER BOOSTMOBILE WEB ID: PAYPALSI77" fraud?
Written by Piper Hall
June 18th, 2024
Medium Risk
What is "PAYPAL INST XFER BOOSTMOBILE WEB ID: PAYPALSI77"?
Boost Mobile is a wireless telecommunications brand that has been in business since 2000. The company offers a variety of retail products, including prepaid smartphones, mobile hotspot devices, and wireless plans. Boost Mobile's service options encompass voice, text, and data plans, with no annual contracts. The company operates on T-Mobile's network, providing nationwide coverage to its users.
PAYPAL: Payment platform used for the transaction
INST XFER: Indicates an instant transfer
BOOSTMOBILE: The recipient or service associated with the payment
WEB ID: Transaction identifier for online reference
PAYPALSI77: Unique identifier specific to PayPal and 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.