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Re:Still locked out of my AWS account by CydeWeys on Friday July 07, 2017 @01:48PM (#14720437)
To clarify, get a new number for your credit card account; don't cancel it entirely. If it's your oldest credit card account then canceling it outright will have bad repercussions for your credit score.
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Re:Still locked out of my AWS account by tzs on Friday July 07, 2017 @05:22PM (#14722224)
That's not necessarily sufficient. If the card is a Visa or MC and credit card uses the card update service that is available for such cards then that might give Amazon the new card number on the account. I believe that whether or not the update service works for a specific card is up to the entity that issued that card.
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Re:Still locked out of my AWS account by kelnos on Friday July 07, 2017 @11:21PM (#14723891)
If you report the card as lost or stolen, I would guess that the update service wouldn't be used: the bank likely doesn't want to update the card number with someone who might have added it fraudulently.
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