HarryB Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Capital One 360 has eliminated the verification code by email, allowing text or phone only. This effectively locks anyone with a vpn or out of the country from accessing their accounts. Has anyone found a work around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCS Notices Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Harry, due to whatever rule in effect, Merrill Lynch can't call my MX land line but they can call or text my MX cell. Would that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I use CapitalOne daily and have no idea about a verification code. The key for using them outside the US is to say that you are a world traveler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBearII Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 One of the first things I learned when I moved to Mexico over 13 years ago was to NEVER tell banks or credit card companies that I lived in Mexico--I am "a happy retiree who enjoys traveling." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 If you use a vpn the address changes daily. Thus , at least for me, they ask for a verification code which until recently they allowed three methods of contact text, call or email. They have now eliminated the email code verification option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I am a MFA multiple fixed addresses,SC, FL and MX. They go nuts with contacts from the MX address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I'm still puzzled as to why people try to avoid letting any officialdom know they live in Mexico. It's not a problem unless one makes it so. Plenty of "workarounds, including banks and credit unions that actually cater to U.S. citizens living abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonfrog2012 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I, too, don't know about this verification code. I have a Capital One 360 account but rarely call them. I only called Customer Service a few times in June 2017. But as for going online, I have never been asked for one. I hope it doesn't become a new trend, as I don't have a US cell phone number either. I tried to make a large transfer out of Bank of America online 2 years back but was told that without a real US cell phone number tied to a US address (not a virtual one created via an app), they would not approve withdrawing the funds. It had to be one of these companies: Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T USA only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvanparys Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 We have a Vonage line so contacting Capital One or receiving a code via phone is not a problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, HarryB said: Capital One 360 has eliminated the verification code by email, allowing text or phone only. This effectively locks anyone with a vpn or out of the country from accessing their accounts. Has anyone found a work around? I need to ask, what are they trying to verify? A change in password perhaps? I have CapOne, use their Website all the time, call them when I need to without masking my location. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 When I log on after I put in my ID and password, they ask me to verify my identity by entering a verification code (assumedly because the VPN shows a different IP address). The code used to be sent by 3 alternatives text, phone or email. They have now eliminated the email option. Since their system doesn't accept an international phone #, I can't access any of my accounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Ah. Okay, first I'd recommend temporarily turning off the VPN. My own workaround for this kind of thing is that I use my daughter's phone number in Canada as my contact phone number. She gets the texts/codes right away, and in her age bracket is always with the phone, so I get my results right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 The phone I have registered with Capital One is a US Magicjack number. If they send me a text, I get it on my smartphone Magicjack app. Solved the problem for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I thought magicJack was only for phone calls. How do you get a text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losgatos Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Have had a Capital One bank account for several years and a Capital One credit card even longer. Never any problem. Never heard of a verification code. Never have used a vpn for any banking transactions. I do use a Laredo mail forwarding address, but they obviously can see my sometimes daily use of the account is based in Mexico. And I can use the credit card with NO foreign exchange fees applied, unlike B of A. In fact Capital One credit informed me that I didn’t have to bother with updating them about being outside the US periodically, that I can use the card anywhere, all the time. Yes, they do occasionally send an email asking if that was me making a particular purchase, and yes, I have always been able to click the email in the affirmative to verify the transaction. But that’s it. No other bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 The OP is talking about signing in from an IP address that is not in CapOne's databank, so he is being asked to verify that it is him. No different than using Yahoo or GMail on a trip to France and being asked to verify that the computer you are using there is actually you. The VPN makes it look like he is in the U.S., and therefore to CapOne it is not only a different IP, but a different country. Simply a security measure, and I deal with it many times a week. For example, if I use a VPN temporarily, suddenly all my email addresses get notifications from GMail asking me to verify that it was indeed me who tried to sign in from a different country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, sm1mex said: I thought magicJack was only for phone calls. How do you get a text? You can use Magic Jack on your smart phone, and the app offers more options than your PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLU Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I have a Magic Jack gratis (or a 6-pak, your choice) to the first PMer who will come and pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I sent a text message with my magic jack to a friend in the US and they got it and responded, but when I ask the bank to text me a verification code on magic jack, it never came through. Wonder why that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shrall Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 There are many sites that require a cell phone number. Some are smart enough to know that the Magic Jack prefix is not a cell even though when using the app texts work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 That’s just great. 😖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 The phone number has to be registered with CapOne. That is all. They don't care if it is Skype, MJ, Vonage, or some circuit in Botswanaland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Since magic jack is voice over internet and not a phone company verification code to the MJ phone number will not come through with their automated system. Was on the phone a long time today and I was told internet phone numbers cannot receive the verification code. We tried it several times. No luck. It must be a phone company number like Att Verizon t mobile etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 That settles that then. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 I just logged in and there is the option of receiving the verification code via e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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