Current Events > Amazon locked me out of my account for using gift cards to reload my balance.

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I scrounged a lot of old visa pre-paids I have to pool money onto Amazon. Just as I submit the last one I get an email saying that they detected unusal activity from my account, I can't even access it for two hours when I will be able to go and reset the password. On top of that I got another email saying they want a fucking utility bill to ensure it's me??

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yep it happened to me. they get real pissy if even try to buy 2 100$ gift cards.
had to go to the store and get them instead.

if anyone asks, it was tax time i had a small amount of money to spend.
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Yeah Amazon is very nitpicky about giftcards

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Not really surprising if you used a lot of prepaid cards in a short amount of time. Automated system detected fraud. Lol at utility bill though

I did this once using a bunch and was actually surprised that it let me do it without any problems. Guess I just got lucky.

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If you are legit you should be able to produce a bill and get it taken off no problem

I apparently got jt sorted. The last gift card's address was my apartment address not my permanent address.

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