prepaid cc personal info

Hey total noob here, I wanted to order seeds with a prepaid visa but they want all kinds of personal information like my ssn.

what's the deal with that?

I see everyone posting about using a fake name but that doesn't really seem to apply?

am i just being paranoid?

What do i do now?

ssn...what?? do not give that out, hopefully you know that...but whos asking?

sorry if im not clear..whos asking for your ssn?..when i used my pre paid all i had to do was do and online regester for adress verification..thats it, im curious to whos asking you for it

the activation is asking for it

whats the activation?..haha sorry if thats a dumb ass question..what kind of pre paid card is it?

walmart moneycard.

getting a different one isn't really a problem if thats what i need to do.

its a walmart moneycard.

you activate it online, which is where it's asking for tmi.

do i just need to get a different card?

thats what i would recomend get a pre paid visa..but youve got to register it online for adress verification..then you should be good..good luck bro

and they dont ask for a ssn or anything to personal

Yea all i had to "verify" my card was to give them my address and full name.
Thats weird their askin for your ssn wonder why they would need that.
I got my prepaid card at walmart also so idk
get the allaccessgift cards shouldnt ask for your ssn.
go to allaccessgift.com and check em' out.

did you use your name and address though?

Yea all i had to "verify" my card was to give them my address and full name.
give the seedbank the same name and address you used to verify the card.
thats it

I need to find a safe addy to ship to. I dont have any "friends" willing to let me send contraband to their house. THe po box wants tmi. Need to send the seeds somewhere that is not my grow house but where?

GT

i think your best bet is to go with the PO box..thats what i did..yeah they do need 2 froms of ID but i orderd seeds to it and they came and ive had to trouble

if you give your name and addy to the prepaid cc, then to the seed bank, and then again for th PO, how is this anonymous?

its not...

as far as the walmart prepaid card, i believe it asks for your social because walmart does payroll check cashing and everytime i get my check cashed they ask if i want it on a walmart prepaid card... maybe they just use your ssn to load the card, since walmart already requires you key in your ssn before they will cash your check... more than likely its walmarts idea of customer service?

im with big bud. there's no point to that at all. especially if you have it sent to your address. if you live in the states u could have it sent to an empty house. there's a bunch of those 'round here lately...

I use the All-access visa gift card (100$) but it cost 105$(bought at a Pick N' Save). I didn't have to register it at all just have it activated by the cashier. Make sure you get one that isn't reloadable. All the reloadable ones I found you had to register online and you don't want to do that for the obvious reasons mentioned before.

I bought a Walmart Prepaid Visa debit card, and I tried to activate it with a made up name and an address someone is letting me use. It wanted all sorts of bullshit info - social security number, date of birth, phone number. There was a notice on there saying that they needed the info so the government can combat terrorism and money laundering.

I kept having trouble saying the information couldn't be verified. I tried again and eventually it said the temporary card was activated but it wouldn't send the official one until I fax them. I got this notice:


Since we are not able to verify your personal information, we are only able to activate your Temporary Card at this time.
In order to receive your personalized/reloadable card, you will need to fax us the following documents:

Utility Bill where the last name and the address on the Utility Bill match what you justgave us and SSN or Drivers License
where the full name on the card match what you just gave. We accept residential phone, water, gas, power/electric or cable bills.

Please fax the requested documentation to 1-866-619-0941. Once received, the review of the documents will take 2 business days.
When the requested documentation is received and approved, Green Dot will credit $5 to your account for the inconvenience.
To check the activation status of your personalized card, logon to http://www.walmartmoneycard.com/review. Please include your name
and Activation Number on the fax.
Please be aware that your outgoing fax may not be secure. Remove your outgoing fax from the fax machine after sending to keep your information secure.



They seemed to be checking this info against some database when I entered it. Is there another way of loading these things? Is there a better store to purchase them? I thought the point of them is that they can be used by people who can't get a regular debit card / credit card. Seeing that message posted above along with the notice that the info is needed for the "government" makes me even more paranoid about giving them any real info.

I tried using the temp card to purchase online, and it wouldn't work.

I thought about faxing them a phony drivers license and bill, but I wonder if they will check these.