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Credit Card Numbers Auto Update

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SpiceSorcerer · · 1 reply

Not sure if you're aware of this or not (I wasn't) but if you are issued a new credit card number the credit card company will automatically update your number to companies that auto charge your account. I recently had a fraudulent charge on my credit card and was issued a new card number (still waiting for the card to arrive) and was surprised to see subscription charges show up now that I have a new card number. They claim that VISA and Mastercard are the ones that do this. My questions is what's the point of issuing a new card number if you are just going to auto update to all these companies?

If you're hoping a new credit card number will cut off subscription charges, beware it won't.

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Wilsliu

Wilsliu

4 months ago

One strategy is to use a virtual card number for subscriptions you are only going to do the free trial (or 1 month) for. Capital one has this option to create a virtual card and then if you forget to cancel, it won't be able to charge the card again.

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