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I tried signing up for Oracle Cloud and got the below message. After that I took the exact same card and signed up with 4 other providers. Fuck you Oracle.

> Error processing transaction

> We're unable to complete your sign up. Common sign up errors are due to: (a) Using prepaid cards. Oracle only accepts credit card and debit cards (b) Intentionally or unintentionally masking one's location or identity

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Is it a prepaid virtual card? Cloud providers these days tend to block such cards. With so many horror story about getting unexpected huge bills, it would be sensible to use prepaid virtual card, but I guess cloud providers would never risk potential non-payment for allowing prepaid virtual card.

nope. normal, run of the mill Bank of America Visa debit.

I'm almost certain its most likely a credential farming operation at this point

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