12-01-2020, 01:45 AM
Warning about buying BTC with Moonpay
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you're looking for a way to buy Bitcoin, I suggest that you avoid Moonpay and go with someone more reputable.</p> <p>I submitted a buy order for Bitcoin on Friday (for only 250USD) using Apple Pay. </p> <p>They contacted me saying</p> <blockquote> <p>The last order failed as you have not verified your Apple Pay payment card as per our request. We have asked you to upload a photo of you holding your physical card registered with Apple Pay next to your face and a screenshot of your Apple Pay page showing the last 4 digits of the card number and the Device Account Number.</p> </blockquote> <p>IMO this is crazy. They want a selfie of me holding the card and giving up the full card info. Apple Pay <em>protects</em> the customer by masking your details, so this completely bypasses the privacy protection. They also don't mention how they store your data.... this could turn into another Ledger database hack. </p> <p>After I didn't provide this information, they then cancelled my buy order, missing the price increase. Thanks, Moonpay! (not).</p> <p>Beware.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you're looking for a way to buy Bitcoin, I suggest that you avoid Moonpay and go with someone more reputable.</p> <p>I submitted a buy order for Bitcoin on Friday (for only 250USD) using Apple Pay. </p> <p>They contacted me saying</p> <blockquote> <p>The last order failed as you have not verified your Apple Pay payment card as per our request. We have asked you to upload a photo of you holding your physical card registered with Apple Pay next to your face and a screenshot of your Apple Pay page showing the last 4 digits of the card number and the Device Account Number.</p> </blockquote> <p>IMO this is crazy. They want a selfie of me holding the card and giving up the full card info. Apple Pay <em>protects</em> the customer by masking your details, so this completely bypasses the privacy protection. They also don't mention how they store your data.... this could turn into another Ledger database hack. </p> <p>After I didn't provide this information, they then cancelled my buy order, missing the price increase. Thanks, Moonpay! (not).</p> <p>Beware.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R