greendot card

X9ballX · #1 (**permalink**) 11-29-2008, 09:14 PM

the green dot card is a prepaid creditcard that anyone can get. anyone can put money on it so long as you are willing to give your social security number. also you dont need a bank account all you need is to buy the money paks and you can do everything with it. i just cant figure out how to get it activated.

stumpy · #2 (**permalink**) 11-30-2008, 03:15 AM

Do you mean legitatemly get it actived? Once you bring it home from the store, you go on their website and activate it, or it can be done by phone.

If you mean buying it under a false name and SS#, and trying to activate... I would need to remember what information the activation requires. If you know, tell us and we can probably think of a way.

purplecheeser · #3 (**permalink**) 11-30-2008, 07:51 AM

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Fayle · #4 (**permalink**) 11-30-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by purplecheeser

say you had someones full name and SS# and had it registered with a greendot card. What can you with this credit card to make money?

Easy, buy yourself a nice tv, a nice sound system, maybe some crazy clothes, etc.

killerofall · #5 (**permalink**) 11-30-2008, 06:17 PM

I dont see why Setting this up under a false name would help unless you were buying stuff and didnt want it to come in your name.

Its prepaid so you can only spend as much money you put on the card. They dont give you a line of credit all they do is charge you to spend your own money.

shit for brains · #6 (**permalink**) 11-30-2008, 06:38 PM

well most prepaid debit cards have ACH and you can use it with paypal and others. not sure if GD has ACH, but some people sell fake stuff on craiglist and take moneypaks as payment.

X9ballX · #7 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 02:27 AM

i didnt buy it from the store i got it from the website

archleone · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 10:58 PM

Does anyone know how to activate one of these cards without giving out your actual SSN? The info that they want is name, dob, ssn, mailing address, residential address, and phone number. I filled all this info out with a deceased person's info and I got through the step after the personal info page and I thought I had gotten through but then it tried to verify the info and it had a problem with the name and ssn. Any ideas?

TheDoomOfAPlanet · #9 (**permalink**) 10-18-2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by archleone

Does anyone know how to activate one of these cards without giving out your actual SSN? The info that they want is name, dob, ssn, mailing address, residential address, and phone number. I filled all this info out with a deceased person's info and I got through the step after the personal info page and I thought I had gotten through but then it tried to verify the info and it had a problem with the name and ssn. Any ideas?

xxhttp://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/xx

Remove the x's.

You can search with someone's last name, first name, and middle initial. If they are deceased, their social should come up.

*Edit* I'm not sure if I read your question properly. I'm tired. Anyways, this is still a good resource for grabbing a deceased person's social provided that you know their name (not too hard - use the newspaper). *Edit*

dudewheresmytardis · #10 (**permalink**) 10-18-2009, 08:39 AM

You can activate via passport if you tell them over the phone that you're fromanother country. Just use the Passport numbering protocols and they'll activate it.

SoloSolo · #11 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 12:51 AM

Have you heard of Netspend? Its better than Greendot because as mentioned above it can receive ACH transfers. So you can send bank transfers from a bank account to the card, and then use it to purchase items or use it at an ATM.

As for your problem with the activation not working, it may be because the address doesn't match the person's registered address for credit check.

When I receive a Netspend card, all I have to do to activate it is type in the card# and SSN, and that's it. To apply you just need Name, DOB, SSN, and the address can be your own or a drop.

I suggest you try them instead. Good luck!!

`sIn · #12 (**permalink**) 11-13-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SoloSolo

Have you heard of Netspend? Its better than Greendot because as mentioned above it can receive ACH transfers. So you can send bank transfers from a bank account to the card, and then use it to purchase items or use it at an ATM.

As for your problem with the activation not working, it may be because the address doesn't match the person's registered address for credit check.

When I receive a Netspend card, all I have to do to activate it is type in the card# and SSN, and that's it. To apply you just need Name, DOB, SSN, and the address can be your own or a drop.

I suggest you try them instead. Good luck!!

Good info thanks.

taylorn · #13 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 04:14 AM

you only need to provide you SSN if you want one sent to you with your name on it. other than that you don't have to. All you have to do is fill out the activation thing online and just leave out your SSN and the next page will say check the box if you don't want to provide your SSN and thats it.

drastice · #14 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by taylorn

you only need to provide you SSN if you want one sent to you with your name on it. other than that you don't have to. All you have to do is fill out the activation thing online and just leave out your SSN and the next page will say check the box if you don't want to provide your SSN and thats it.

Not true.
I bought a walmart pre paid card which is done by green dot i believe
and i B.Sed my ssn... It asked me to reenter it I bsed it again. And it automatically goes Sorry rejected. Your money will be sent to you via check within a week......
Pain in the ass.

taylorn · #15 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 08:36 AM

WTF. I said "You don't need to provide your SSN." You said "I put a made up SSN in and it got rejected." Heres the thing with SSN. Its not mandatory. Yeah thats right. Look it up, there is no law that states that a person born in the United States is under obligation to register for a SSN. Technically you don't need a SSN to open a bank account but banks are required to ASK for your SSN, not demand it. But big brother wants to keep an eye out on every single thing you buy and where your money goes.
Back to your statement. If you supply a name and a SSN that do not go together, then greendot will know because they check it against the SSN database or what ever process they go through. But just like banks they just have to ask for it in hopes that the average joe that likes big brother will willingly give up his SSN.
Dr.P

shetlan · #16 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by taylorn

WTF. I said "You don't need to provide your SSN." You said "I put a made up SSN in and it got rejected." Heres the thing with SSN. Its not mandatory. Yeah thats right. Look it up, there is no law that states that a person born in the United States is under obligation to register for a SSN. Technically you don't need a SSN to open a bank account but banks are required to ASK for your SSN, not demand it. But big brother wants to keep an eye out on every single thing you buy and where your money goes.

Only in theory is providing an SSN optional.
As far as the banking institution is concerned, it's mandatory - if you don't provide one, they simply deny you service.

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Originally Posted by taylorn

Back to your statement. If you supply a name and a SSN that do not go together, then greendot will know because they check it against the SSN database or what ever process they go through.

The name doesn't need to match the SSN, and there is no such thing as "the SSN database".
If you supply an SSN that is currently valid (which you can check yourself) and was issued to a person of the same age that you're claiming to be, then it should go through.

Greendot doesn't perform a credit check, all they check is to see whether or not the SSN is valid and the code matches the approximate age.

To see if this was correct, I applied for a greendot card using my own information and transposed the last two digits of my SSN (an easily explained mistake). I also checked to make sure that the modified SSN was still valid - which it is. Instantly approved.

`sIn · #17 (**permalink**) Yesterday, 03:27 PM

I hate to kiss ass, but your a useful guy Shetlan. What would have lead you to think that the SSN verification procedure they used was age based before testing it? Is this verification common for most SSN checks (excluding anything dealing with credit of course)? Is this something you read somewhere before you tried it?

shetlan · #18 (**permalink**) Yesterday, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by `sIn

I hate to kiss ass, but your a useful guy Shetlan. What would have lead you to think that the SSN verification procedure they used was age based before testing it? Is this verification common for most SSN checks (excluding anything dealing with credit of course)? Is this something you read somewhere before you tried it?

I've had to fake SSNs for years, and I noticed that there where hardly any manuals out there that specified age as one of the SSNs qualifiers. The fact is, there's alot of disinformation out there about SSNs, much of it being found in "new ID manuals".

As for how I know it's right: Trial and Error.
I tested my own SSN with my own info - approved.
I tested my brother's SSN with my own info - which worked (he's only a year older than me)
I tested my dad's SSN with my own info - which didn't work (he was born in the late 50s.)
I then adjusted the age to claim that I was my dad's age - approved.

Most SSN validation sites will tell you whether or not the SSN is valid, if the SSN's owner is alive or dead, and approximately when the SSN was registered. Keep in mind, this is the only information the bank has. SSNs of dead people don't work anymore (not when they have systems for instant approval).