£99.99 Amazon charge on Barclaycard.

born_again

FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

Are they?
As someone who deals with card fraud. Amazon are a company we very rarely see fraud to. As someone else posted, the vast majority of cases are contested by Amazon and turn out to be a family member, who's card has expired. So it then defaults to the next card on their list.

Carrot007

FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

I wonder how that goes for new cards. Just got one and all numbers are only on the back. I'm also sure amazon ask's for a CVV when first using the card but it has been a while since I added a new card.

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FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

You can pay for loads of stuff over the phone without the CVV, local pizza place to us for example and at work when we had a card machine it was the same

williewonder

My housemate was able to use my card on his Amazon account and get the items delivered. This was with my permission as I don't have Amazon Prime and he does and this was his birthday present so I let him use my card. His completely trust worthy. So it is easy to use another persons card with different name with Amazon.

zzyzx1221

williewonder said:

My housemate was able to use my card on his Amazon account and get the items delivered. This was with my permission as I don't have Amazon Prime and he does and this was his birthday present so I let him use my card. His completely trust worthy. So it is easy to use another persons card with different name with Amazon.

Another person who has the same address as you....

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Carrot007 said:

FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

I wonder how that goes for new cards. Just got one and all numbers are only on the back. I'm also sure amazon ask's for a CVV when first using the card but it has been a while since I added a new card.

 I just updated my card on amazon as it expired. Obv same card number as direct replacement, only asked to update valid to date not cvv 

Carrot007

_shel said:

Carrot007 said:

FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

I wonder how that goes for new cards. Just got one and all numbers are only on the back. I'm also sure amazon ask's for a CVV when first using the card but it has been a while since I added a new card.

 I just updated my card on amazon as it expired. Obv same card number as direct replacement, only asked to update valid to date not cvv 

Still makes my point. Try adding a new card. You added a replacement. No different on many sites where you just change the expiry date.

oldagetraveller1

" I'm also sure amazon ask's for a CVV when first using the card but it has been a while since I added a new card."

I've just added a new payment credit card to my amazon account. No request for the three digit number. Other than card number, name on card and expiry date, the only other question was to confirm the cardholder's address. Possibly because I have my address and a daughter's address listed. Sometimes order stuff for her to be delivered to that address.

In all the years, many of them, of having an Amazon account(s) there has never been a requirement for CVV when adding a new payment card.  I don't know what you mean by "a while"?

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Carrot007 said:

_shel said:

Carrot007 said:

FaceHead said:

Amazon is a real hotspot for card fraud as they don't require the CVV. A fraudster who has managed to get hold of a picture of one side of the card can use it on Amazon but no where else. 

I wonder how that goes for new cards. Just got one and all numbers are only on the back. I'm also sure amazon ask's for a CVV when first using the card but it has been a while since I added a new card.

 I just updated my card on amazon as it expired. Obv same card number as direct replacement, only asked to update valid to date not cvv 

Still makes my point. Try adding a new card. You added a replacement. No different on many sites where you just change the expiry date.

 I see but the new card has a different cvv and payments still go through 

pbartlett

zzyzx1221 said:

williewonder said:

My housemate was able to use my card on his Amazon account and get the items delivered. This was with my permission as I don't have Amazon Prime and he does and this was his birthday present so I let him use my card. His completely trust worthy. So it is easy to use another persons card with different name with Amazon.

Another person who has the same address as you....

As far as I know, you just add a 'new shipping address' and off it goes there...