Credit card without number on it

Foops

I have elderly parents and have a problem with my mum giving her credit card details over the phone (usually to unscrupulous ‘home maintenance plan’ companies) I’ve taken the cvv number off the back (but found out this means they can still put through as an unauthorised payment!!!!) and put a sticker over the embossed number (which she then peeled off to confirm the number)
is there any card I can get that either doesn’t have the embossed number on the front or has a flat one I can vandalise so she can’t read it out.
i can’t just take her card away as she needs it for shopping etc

Yuna51

Virgin Atlantic card isn't embossed, I reckon you could scratch the number off it

Tildaplum

She could get a Curve card and scratch the number off that - it is easy. Also the CVV - this leaves the card practically blank!

Put the Curve app on your smartphone and link the card to her credit card (take her card away and give her the curve card). A bonus is that you can look at the app and see what she is spending on that card.

All this assumes she is happy with that level of control of course - it is pretty invasive but if you are both happy would definitely be  solution.

Gerry1

Don't know about credit cards, but NatWest debit cards are flat.

D_M_E

As well as scratching off the CVV, try also drilling a couple of small holes in the embossed number - memorise the numbers you obliterate first, though in case of need.

jonesMUFCforever

Better idea IMO if it is really that bad - take the card off her!

born_again

jonesMUFCforever said:

Better idea IMO if it is really that bad - take the card off her!

Spot on.
As well as educate them NOT to give the card details over the phone for anything.

Foops

born_again said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

Better idea IMO if it is really that bad - take the card off her!

Spot on.
As well as educate them NOT to give the card details over the phone for anything.

Believe me I have tried repeatedly to ‘educate’ my mother as you say. There are large signs by the phone, the sticker I applied over the number saying ‘don’t give these details to anyone’ but I am fighting a losing battle 

mwarby

Starling (and perhaps monzo, I can’t find it) allow you to disable customer not present transactions (marked as online in app) the debit card is also not embossed