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Re: Card numbers

@wyatt

I've done the opposite before, flag that the card is going out of the UK.

It must be 10 years ago that I visited Chile. After a couple of days tried to use my debit card to withdraw cash - nope! Seconds later got a text from the bank telling me about it and saying to reply to unblock.

Had similar texts (but not blocks) when I used Lloyds CC to order stuff directly from a shop in Santiago. "Was this you? If not phone...."

But yes, why does anyone need to store CC numbers once the transaction has been verified - or even before if you use a portal like Paypal?

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