After PIN, the sale is real. Before PIN, the name on the screen is a gift. Use it. If you do not recognise the name, you are not “almost done” — you are about to pay the wrong destination.
Payments happen on Ewale (ewalepay.com or *714*22#), not on this blog.
What you need
- Someone who knows the registered name.
- Willingness to abort.
The flow on *714*22#
- Enter the identifier.
- Read the name aloud.
- Abort if it is wrong. There is no prize for finishing a bad session.
After you pay
A cancelled USSD session is free. A completed wrong sale is a support adventure.
If something fails
- Close enough spelling: If it is a different household, stop even if the surname is similar.
- No name shown: Then confirm the number itself digit by digit.
Names are a safety rail. Lean on them.