What to Do When You Recharge the Wrong, Incomplete, or Incorrect Phone Number

Airtime purchase (wrong number, incomplete number or incorrect number)


  1. If debited for a failed airtime top-up via your bank account (from the card registered on your profile) contact the card services unit of your bank 24 hours after, if no reversal was automatically done and fill a dispense error form for a possible reversal.
  2. If at any point you recharged a wrong number, incomplete number, or incorrect number. Contact your mobile network provider for further assistance, as we do not refund successful airtime purchases.



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