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Is "YOUTUBEPREMI G.CO/HELPPAY# CA 02/24" fraud?

Written by Jemina Owen-Jones

April 18th, 2024

About "YOUTUBEPREMI G.CO/HELPPAY# CA 02/24"

YouTube Premium is a subscription-based service offered by YouTube. It has been in operation since June 2018. YouTube Premium provides users with ad-free access to YouTube videos, along with offline playback and the ability to play videos in the background on mobile devices. Additionally, subscribers have access to YouTube Music, a music streaming platform.
  • YOUTUBEPREMI: The merchant or service provider for the transaction is YouTube Premium.
  • G.CO/HELPPAY#: This is the website or payment gateway used for the transaction, where the user can go for assistance or support.
  • CA: This could indicate the state abbreviation or country code where the transaction took place (e.g., California).
  • 02/24: The date of the transaction.

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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 YouTube Premium.
    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

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    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
    Harlan Montgomery
    3 months ago
    That charge on my card statement looks fishy. Need to investigate ASAP, don't want any funny business going on! ????????
    Landon Mitchell
    3 months ago
    Hey, I had a similar charge and was worried at first too. Turns out it was just a subscription renewal that I forgot about. Check your recent purchases to see if that's the case!