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Pending transaction help!

Hi everyone,
I had a gambling game on my phone that's an American game, I usually put about 10$ on whenever which is about £7-£8. I deposited some money on the 27th December which was about £7.84, which came out of my bank on the 29th, I then decided to delete the game to save some money. However I checked my bank the next day and it says £7.74 pending for this game and transaction date 27th December, and the pending transaction is still there! Still pending! And it's a transaction I didn't make as I didn't even have the game on my phone at the time. I have contacted them but because its pending not much they can do, they can only see the transaction I actually made so until it actually comes out they can't do anything, what can I actually do??

Thankyou!

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  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 40,272 Forumite
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    amysim1011 wrote: »
    what can I actually do??
    Wait until it drops off, should happen soon.

    Chances are it'll be an authorisation hold relating to that same transaction on the 27th, so won't progress from being a pending transaction to an actual posted one, and will simply time out.
  • born_again
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