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How will you literally pay? That's the hard part. I've done what you're describing here, entering a made up address is easy, it is getting payment to them with
by UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
How will you literally pay? That's the hard part.
I've done what you're describing here, entering a made up address is easy, it is getting payment to them without triggering fraud systems that is hard.
Many years ago US iTunes added PayPal but didn't verify that the address on the PayPal account was the same as the address on the iTunes account, so you could pay using your local billing address, but have payment go to a US iTunes fictional address. They have unfortunately closed that loophole.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoSome fraud systems (like the ones at Hulu) work by verifying the Zip Code. There are algorithms for transforming foreign postal codes into an American zip code. These algorithms were designed to be used at places like gas stations in the States which often ask you to enter your zip code for verification. So to subscribe to Hulu, I transformed my postal code into a zip code, looked up an address at that zip code and used that as my billing address with my Canadian credit card.
- UnoriginalGuy 11y ago> So to subscribe to Hulu, I transformed my postal code into a zip code, looked up an address at that zip code and used that as my billing address with my Canadian credit card. I literally don't know what you're talking about with "transferring zip codes." But I was talking about your financial institution blocking the payment, not Hulu/NetFlix/whatever. They should reject the transaction as soon as it comes in.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoFor example, the "zip code" for a Canadian Postal Code of K8Q 5T6 is 856XX, where the last two digits can be anything. So make a valid address for zip 85601, enter it into Hulu as the address for your Canadian credit card, and both Hulu and the bank will accept it as valid. (Or at least some banks will, the first card I tried didn't work. The second one did).
- Symbiote 11y agoThe first six digits of your credit card identify the issuing country, which is what sites that care about blocking foreign customers use. You can look one up here: https://www.bindb.com/bin-database.html https://www.bindb.com/bin-database.html Or see a list here: https://web.archive.org/web/20130827121726/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bank_Identification_Numbers https://web.archive.org/web/20130827121726/http://en.wikiped...
- katbyte 11y agoOn an unrelated note, do you know why that page was removed from wikipedia?
- wvenable 11y agoIn this exact case, I would pay someone I know in the US and have them open the account for me.