This is untrue. Merchants are often asked by their card processors to verify CVV2 details when following Code 10 or referral procedures.
Removal may well lead to cards being blocked or retained.
Removing CV2 number from credit card
Dec 25, 2007
31 Replies
They don't ask for it. They ask for the card and then write it down.
Any retailer keeping a record of CVV2 numbers should be reported to their processor.
What you could do is put a bit of tamper-proof tape over it. That way, if you need to reveal the code for legitimate purposes (such as when required to do so by a Code 10) you can, but no-one else can take a sneak peek at it while handling your card without giving away the fact that they have done so.
Mark
"Mark Goodge" wrote
Where can you get that tape from?
use a wax seal with the royal stamp.
A quick Google suggests that
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might have it.
Mark
"Mark Goodge" wrote
Wow! How big is the CVV2 on your credit card? ;-)
I'm sure you could cut a sufficiently small piece of tape from the roll if you wanted to.
Mark
Of course, but it would have to be smaller than the line/curve segments from which the letters are made up which are embedded in the tape. The letters are presumably invisible before the tape is tampered with, so when cutting it to size you could not even guarantee to cross a letter/background boundary.
Nobody at any of the shops I use look at my card. I put it in the reader myself, key in the PIN and remove the card when prompted.
So it could have "void" printed all over it and it would still be accepted.
Cynic posted
I *have* scratched the number off my card and it hasn't caused any problems. Not yet ...
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