Bank statement charge
What is the WINRED* charge on my bank statement?
Who charged you
WinRed donation platform for Republican campaigns and organizations
WINRED* is WinRed, the online donation platform that processes contributions for Republican campaigns and organizations. The charge is usually a donation to the committee named after the asterisk, often one that repeats, or a $1 temporary hold placed when you donate.
How it can show on a statement
WINRED*WINRED* [COMMITTEE NAME] [phone number] VAWINRED* [COMMITTEE NAME] [phone number]WINRED* [COMMITTEE WEB ADDRESS] [phone number] VA
1 more way it shows
WINRED* UPSELLS [phone number] VA
Find out what it was
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Search your inbox and spam for a WinRed confirmation email with the same amount: it shows the donation and whether you opted into a recurring donation or a Money Pledge.
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Read the words after WINRED* and compare them with candidates, parties and causes you gave to or that send you texts and emails.
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If two charges arrived on the same day, or one reads UPSELLS, check whether you accepted an offer to double or add to your donation.
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If you have a WinRed account, sign in and open Donation History; donations made while signed out do not appear there.
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Ask the people who share your card whether they donated to a campaign on that date.
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Still a charge you did not agree to? File your complaint here. We write it with you and send it to WinRed, so you do not have to chase it yourself.
Not in any of your accounts? If nobody in your household made it, someone else may have used your card details. Your card issuer can stop the card, so the charges do not continue.
Why does it say “WINRED*”?
WinRed processes the payment for the campaign, so its name comes first. The words after the asterisk are a short name for the candidate or committee that receives the money, sometimes its web address, cut to fit the line. Some lines read UPSELLS instead: that is WinRed's word for the extra gifts a page offers right after a donation, such as doubling it. The ten-digit number after the name is the same on every WINRED* line, whichever committee you gave to, and most lines end in VA.
Donations to federal candidates pass through WinRed's political action committee, which must forward them to the campaign within 10 days. Donations to state and local candidates go into the candidate's or committee's own merchant account, and that committee is the seller on the card payment, so those lines can show the committee's name instead of WinRed.
Why you might see this charge
- A single gift on a WinRed donation page, often reached from a campaign's text or email.
- A recurring donation that repeats every week, month, quarter or other interval. WinRed's own pages say donors can opt into one without realizing it.
- A second donation from the offer to double your gift that appears right after you donate, which shows as two charges on the same day.
- A Money Pledge: an extra donation set for a later date when you gave, announced by a reminder email three days before.
- An item from a campaign store or a gift offer on a donation page, which WinRed treats as a gift for a donation, not a purchase.
- A $1 temporary authorization hold when you donate, which drops off within 1 to 30 days without being taken.
Is WINRED* legit?
Yes. WinRed is a real fundraising platform, set up as a registered political action committee so it can pass donations on. It processes donations for Republican campaigns and organizations and sends each one to the candidate or committee named on the donation page; WinRed says it does not choose candidates or raise money on their behalf.
WinRed says it never sends text messages and sends only occasional emails of its own, such as receipts; the texts and emails that link to its pages come from the campaigns. Look for the charge among WinRed's receipts in your inbox rather than following a link in a text.
What people told us about charges from WinRed
78 complaints about WinRed on Complain.biz are about a charge.
My mother who has dementia was fraudulently charged by Winred on her Bofa credit card.
For months I have been asking Winred to refund my recent $20 monthly donations and discontinue withdrawing any future funds.
Other charges people look up
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|---|---|---|
| ZETTLE | Zettle | ZETTLE means you paid a small business that takes cards with Zettle, PayPal's card reader and till app, now called… |
| PAYPAL * | PayPal | PAYPAL * means you paid a business through PayPal, or a business took your card payment through PayPal. |
| TST* | Toast | TST* means you paid a restaurant, bar or cafe that uses Toast, a checkout and payment system built for restaurants. |
| SUMUP | SumUp | SUMUP means you paid a small business that takes cards with a SumUp card reader or payment link. |
| BLUESNAP | BlueSnap | BLUESNAP or BLS* on a statement means an online business took your payment through BlueSnap, a payment company that is… |
| ANE* | Anedot | ANE* means Anedot, a donation platform and payment processor that churches, nonprofits, schools and political… |
| VTSUP.COM | Verotel | VTSUP.COM is the statement name of Verotel, an Amsterdam payment company that bills for thousands of websites, many of… |
| AMEX EPAYMENT ACH PMT | American Express | AMEX EPAYMENT ACH PMT is a payment to an American Express card account, taken from a bank account. |
Questions about WINRED*
What is WinRed on my bank statement?
WinRed is the donation platform Republican campaigns and organizations use, so the line is a donation made on one of their WinRed pages. The name after WINRED* is a short form of the committee that received the money.
Why is there a $1 charge from WinRed?
A $1 line right after a donation is an authorization hold that checks the card. It is not taken from your account and drops off within 1 to 30 days, depending on your bank.
Why did WinRed charge me twice?
After a donation, a campaign can offer to double it, and accepting adds a second donation on the same day, sometimes on a line that reads UPSELLS. Repeat charges later on are usually a recurring donation or a Money Pledge chosen on the donation page.
Is WinRed legit?
Yes. WinRed is a real donation platform set up as a political action committee, and it must forward federal donations to the campaign named on the page within 10 days. A WINRED* line means a donation was made with your card on a WinRed page.
What if I did not agree to a WINRED* charge?
File a complaint on Complain.biz. We write it with you and send it to WinRed, so you do not have to chase it yourself.
Based on
- What is WinRed? (WinRed Support)
- Where does my donation go? (WinRed Support)
- Why is there a $1 charge from WinRed on my bank statement? (WinRed Support)
- Why did I get charged twice? (WinRed Support)
- Charges you do not remember authorizing: recurring donations and Money Pledges (WinRed Support)
- What is a Money Pledge? (WinRed Support)
- Edit, pause or cancel your recurring subscription (WinRed Support)
- View personal donation history (WinRed Support)
- Merchandise support (WinRed Support)
- Who is emailing or texting me? (WinRed Support)
- Types of upsells (WinRed Support)
- Card statement with WINRED* lines (public record MUR 7941)