I'm not from the US.

Then you have not provided enough information to validate your claim. For example, the EU imposes price controls as well, while in Japan it can be expensive.

However, there's a much simpler route: Amazon is a US country, so you can simply use notorize.com for $25.

My claim is that it's ridiculous to send $0.01 monthly invoices for an inactive account, not sure what you mean by "validate", maybe it isn't that funny of a story? :) But it doesn't make sense for me to spend even $1 on anything regarding this matter. I'm ok with not having access to that account anyway. If anything they should pay me to go through the hassle.