You might be familiar with prepaid debit cards in the form of anonymous Visa gift cards that you get through providers like American Express, MasterCard and Visa. You can purchase gift cards anonymously through cash and use them similarly to how you would use digital transactions.
How to use prepaid debit cards anonymous? These cards can be used as regular anonymous prepaid credit card or anonymous debit cards. But, if you want to use it in making online purchases then you’ll have to register it on the website you plan on buying from. Of course, it’s not very practical to do your online shopping with one of these cards. This is because you’ll need to provide personal details like your physical address.
This would defeat the whole point of wanting to remain anonymous. However, debit cards are ideal for purchasing prepaid cellphone services, or when purchasing a VPN subscription like IPVanish.
Both of these purchases are designed to promote anonymity. All you need to get an AVS pass is to provide a single shipping and registration address.
Below are some tips on how to use prepaid debit cards for the best results.
What Options Do You Have?
Are prepaid cards anonymous? You can easily purchase prepaid American Express, MasterCard and Visa cards from a drug store or grocery store. You’ll usually find them next to iTunes or Amazon gift cards. Note that prepaid or reloadable debit cards typically come in fixed amounts and are labeled as gift cards.
Simon Malls is arguably the biggest supplier of anonymous reloadable prepaid cards or anonymous reloadable debit card. They come in a wide array of options, from $20 to $500 as well as options between Visa and American Express. They’re the same as the varieties you’d find at grocery stores and drug stores, with the only difference being that they come with the Simon logo.
It’s important to note that the American Express cards don’t require online registration. But we have had problems with them, whereas MasterCard and anonymous prepaid Visa cards don’t have this problem.
You can always buy both types just to be on the safe side, especially if paying anonymously is a priority for you.
What Are the Limits?
While you’re learning how to use anonymous prepaid debit cards, you might as well learn about all the limitations you’ll experience when using them:
- Can’t use them to withdraw money from an ATM
- You can only use them with US merchants
- Cannot use them for recurring billing (i.e. subscription services)
It’s worth noting that you might be able to use these cards for recurring billing depending on your intended use and the type of merchant that you’re dealing with. You can also use these cards to fund a PayPal account that you’ve just opened and completely avoid the second limitation. You may also use these cards to sign up for PayPal enabled subscriptions and enjoy anonymous online payments.
1. Open Tor
You must register your anonymous prepaid debit card before you use it in order to pass AVS checks. You can anonymously register the card through Tor which offers a type of onion routing. This means that Tor can completely anonymize your digital communication by rebounding each packet throughout the network via multiple nodes.
This method encrypts each packet of data before it even leaves your computer. That way, each Tor network node works like an onion layer so that other nodes within the network cannot trace the packet’s destination or place of origin.
2. Go to the Registration Page
When you purchase a prepaid debit card, it’ll feature activation instructions which include the registration page URL. When you visit the Tor Browser, go to the registration page and enter your credentials as requested. This includes your name, phone number, and address. You don’t have to provide a fake address because it won’t be used for anything else other than AVS checks. However, it’s important to save the credentials you provide because you’ll need them every time you use the card.
3. Start Using Your Prepaid Debits Cards
Your prepaid debit card should be ready to use as soon as you’ve registered it. Be sure to use the Tor network whenever you’re doing online transactions for optimal online anonymity. If you by any chance use the card to set up a PayPal account then you need to register an all-new PayPal account via Tor.
It’s important to keep in mind that most online merchants will ask for an email address if you want to purchase from them. So, while you’re using the Tor browser make sure you create a new email address that you’ll use exclusively for your new card. Mailinator comes highly recommended for creating disposable email addresses.
Let us know in the comments section below how you use your prepaid debit cards!
