Verify Telebirr transaction receipts
Paste a telebirr receipt link or transaction reference. links.et fetches the receipt from transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et and shows you what the wallet actually recorded: amount, sender, receiver, reference and time.
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What you can paste for Telebirr
- The receipt link from the SMS
- https://transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et/receipt/AAA0FAKE00
- Just the transaction number
- AAA0FAKE00
- Eight to fourteen characters, letters and digits. No account suffix needed.
- A screenshot of the green success screen
- Drag the image in and the transaction number is read out of it.
Where to find it. The telebirr confirmation SMS carries the link. Inside the SuperApp it is under Transaction History, labelled Transaction Number.
The thing that catches people out
Cropped screenshots are the usual failure. The transaction number runs to the edge of the success screen, so a tight crop cuts the last characters and the truncated number resolves to nothing. Ask for the number from the SMS or the SuperApp history rather than from the image.
How to check a Telebirr payment before you hand over goods
- 1.Get the reference, not a screenshotAsk for the the receipt link from the SMS. The telebirr confirmation SMS carries the link. Inside the SuperApp it is under Transaction History, labelled Transaction Number. A screenshot is a picture of a claim; the reference is the thing telebirr can confirm.
- 2.Look it upPaste it in, or send it to the API from your own system. links.et fetches the receipt from transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et, which is telebirr's own receipt service.
- 3.Check the amount and the receiverCompare both against your own record. Telebirr 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 Telebirr receipt shown to two sellers verifies for both of them, and nothing on the receipt itself says it has been spent.
Questions about Telebirr
How do I verify a Telebirr transaction?
Take the the receipt link from the SMS from the Telebirr receipt and paste it into links.et. It fetches the receipt from transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et, which is telebirr's own receipt service, and returns the amount, sender, receiver, reference and timestamp exactly as the wallet recorded them. The telebirr confirmation SMS carries the link. Inside the SuperApp it is under Transaction History, labelled Transaction Number.
What does a Telebirr transaction reference look like?
Telebirr accepts 3 kinds of input: the receipt link from the SMS, just the transaction number (Eight to fourteen characters, letters and digits. No account suffix needed), a screenshot of the green success screen. An example of the first shape is https://transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et/receipt/AAA0FAKE00, which is invented rather than a real reference.
Can a Telebirr payment screenshot be faked?
Yes. Any screenshot can be edited, and edited Telebirr screenshots are common enough that a picture should never be treated as proof on its own. What cannot be edited is the receipt telebirr publishes at transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et. links.et goes and reads that, so the amount you see is the wallet's, not the image's.
Why did my Telebirr lookup come back empty?
Cropped screenshots are the usual failure. The transaction number runs to the edge of the success screen, so a tight crop cuts the last characters and the truncated number resolves to nothing. Ask for the number from the SMS or the SuperApp history rather than from the image.
Is Telebirr verification down?
links.et probes transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et every few minutes from inside Ethiopia and publishes the result at https://links.et/status/telebirr, 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.