Verify CBE Birr transaction receipts
Paste a CBE Birr receipt link or transaction reference. links.et fetches the receipt from cbepay1.cbe.com.et and shows you what the wallet actually recorded: amount, sender, receiver, reference and time.
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What you can paste for CBE Birr
- The receipt link from the SMS
- https://cbepay1.cbe.com.et/aureceipt?TID=FAKE000FAKE&PH=0900000000
- The transaction reference
- FAKE00000000
Where to find it. The CBE Birr confirmation SMS, or the transaction list in the CBE Birr app.
The thing that catches people out
CBE Birr is not the same thing as a CBE bank account, and the two keep their receipts on different hosts. A CBE Birr reference pasted as a CBE bank reference will not resolve. If the payment came from a wallet rather than an account, it is this one.
How to check a CBE Birr payment before you hand over goods
- 1.Get the reference, not a screenshotAsk for the the receipt link from the SMS. The CBE Birr confirmation SMS, or the transaction list in the CBE Birr app. A screenshot is a picture of a claim; the reference is the thing CBE Birr can confirm.
- 2.Look it upPaste it in, or send it to the API from your own system. links.et fetches the receipt from cbepay1.cbe.com.et, which is CBE Birr's own receipt service.
- 3.Check the amount and the receiverCompare both against your own record. CBE Birr identifies the parties the way the wallet does, so check that the receiver is you and not somebody with a similar name or number.
- 4.Check it is not a repeatConfirm the reference is not one you have already accepted. A genuine CBE Birr receipt shown to two sellers verifies for both of them, and nothing on the receipt itself says it has been spent.
Questions about CBE Birr
How do I verify a CBE Birr transaction?
Take the the receipt link from the SMS from the CBE Birr receipt and paste it into links.et. It fetches the receipt from cbepay1.cbe.com.et, which is CBE Birr's own receipt service, and returns the amount, sender, receiver, reference and timestamp exactly as the wallet recorded them. The CBE Birr confirmation SMS, or the transaction list in the CBE Birr app.
What does a CBE Birr transaction reference look like?
CBE Birr accepts 2 kinds of input: the receipt link from the SMS, the transaction reference. An example of the first shape is https://cbepay1.cbe.com.et/aureceipt?TID=FAKE000FAKE&PH=0900000000, which is invented rather than a real reference.
Can a CBE Birr payment screenshot be faked?
Yes. Any screenshot can be edited, and edited CBE Birr screenshots are common enough that a picture should never be treated as proof on its own. What cannot be edited is the receipt CBE Birr publishes at cbepay1.cbe.com.et. links.et goes and reads that, so the amount you see is the wallet's, not the image's.
Why did my CBE Birr lookup come back empty?
CBE Birr is not the same thing as a CBE bank account, and the two keep their receipts on different hosts. A CBE Birr reference pasted as a CBE bank reference will not resolve. If the payment came from a wallet rather than an account, it is this one.
Is CBE Birr verification down?
links.et probes cbepay1.cbe.com.et every few minutes from inside Ethiopia and publishes the result at https://links.et/status/cbebirr, with the history behind it. If that page shows an outage, the wallet's receipt service is unreachable and no verification tool can read it, including this one. Payments made during an outage still verify normally once it clears.