The security of operations for the movement of financial funds, their withdrawal, transfers, deposits and other important manipulations depends on the vigilance of a person and his responsible attitude towards his money. Firstly, you need to know where to open an account, register online and which banking system to trust.
The online payment system is present in the everyday life of citizens all over the world, this guarantees an instant return of money to the card or deductions on it. At the same time, there are also plenty of people who want to profit at the expense of others and withdraw cash from plastic media. Scammers are everywhere! After all, it is not necessary to hold a bank card in your hands to make a payment: it is enough to know the secret data and enter them into the form in any online payment. But financial institutions are always on the alert, so for greater security in 2019 they came up with the idea of printing a special code on cards that must be entered simultaneously with the card number. Without this manipulation, it is now impossible to make a payment and make a purchase online.
We’ll tell you what a CVV number is, where to find it, and how fraudsters can use the money on the card without having a plastic equivalent with them.
The concept of a special password and cases when it is necessary to enter it
Taking care of customer safety, financial institutions have introduced the CVV code of the card. This is an additional password placed on the back of the plastic card, which guarantees maximum protection of funds and helps identify the individual. Secret information should not be disclosed or given out to outsiders unnecessarily. Remember that bank employees, police, and mobile operators never ask for a security code.
Let’s see in what cases you can enter the CVV code without worrying that funds will be wrongfully debited from the card:
- payment for online purchases: all payment services for transferring funds require you to enter it to determine the authenticity of the card;
- processing loans from microfinance organizations: CVV must always be entered during verification to confirm that the card belongs to the borrower;
- when you need to install a bill reminder app and track your cards and finances, which detects suspicious actions with your bank cards.
To avoid falling for the tricks of scammers, experts advise making purchases only on well-known, trusted sites. When entering payment data, you must use only a secure Internet connection (https). It is not recommended to enter the code on public computers. Secret characters cannot be dictated or forwarded to anyone. To always be aware of the operations that were performed on your card, enable SMS notifications or tracking using the pocketguard.com service.
Bank clients are often interested in whether it is possible to find out the CVV code without a card. According to experts, this can only be done using Internet banking in the “Card and Account Management” section. If the card is lost, you need to block it and contact the bank for reissue.
How to find out the CVV code by card number?
CVV is applied to the plastic using a special ident stamp. The code numbers may fade over time. If the symbols on the card are not visible, they can be quickly and easily identified by the card number using online banking.
If you want to restore your bank card code, you need to do the following:
- log in to online banking;
- go to the “My Accounts” section;
- select the card from which you want to recover CVV;
- click on the “Manage card/account” button;
- select the “Find out CVV code” option;
- Click “Next” and confirm the operation with the code from the SMS.
After a few seconds, a message with a security code will be sent to your mobile phone. As for scammers, they can find out the owner’s information in different ways. If the card is stolen, this simplifies the process several times, because all they have to do is find a password to withdraw money from an ATM or simply enter the code and number in the field when filling out an online payment. The second method: an attacker can spy on a short password or photograph it unnoticed, find out the owner’s name or phone number. This is enough to carry out further manipulations and deceive a person, leaving him without a penny as a result.
To protect your financial assets, be sure to store your cards in one place, do not transfer data to third parties, and install reliable software on your phone that can detect the actions of intruders and immediately transfer the information to the owner.
