Forum

Address Verification System
 

Hi

I understand that bank only verify the numeric portion of an address. For example, if the address is:

694 Aspkin Ave, 11764 (zip) it will verify 694 and 11764. My question is does it verify these numeric elements as a single number (i.e, 69411764) or as two distinct units such as 694 and 11764 ?


And (assuming it verifies address as a single number) would the following two addresses be equivalent:

1. 691 Aspkin Ave, 11764
2. 69 Aspkin Ave, Apt 1, 11764

In other words does it matter that there are letters inbetween the 69 and the 1 in the second case?

Thanks

Re: Address Verification System
 

No clue what your talking about, When you add a Bank or VBA the PayPal is Fully Verified.....doesn't matter what the address is......but maybe someone else can translate.

Re: Address Verification System
 

Nope.. Take a look at this:
BBC NEWS | Technology | Conmen abuse web address checks

Re: Address Verification System
 

If you add a VCC / DC / CC then PP or EB will run the address given to them though the AVS check system.

If it fails the card will be declined. Entropay bypasses this check which is why its used so much

Bare in mind that that news article is from the UK and its 7 years old

Re: Address Verification System
 

It is still relevant today.. As stated on Wikipedia

Re: Address Verification System
 

Wikipedia is not exactly the most reliable of sources....

Bare in mind that the address on PayPal will need to be real. They will sport fictitious addresses pretty quickly.

Just stick to using entropay and you will have a lot less hassle when it comes to AVS

Re: Address Verification System
 

LOL Wikipedia? not exactly the most reliable source.....things change constantly.

Re: Address Verification System
 

I understand that bank only verify the numeric portion of an address. For example, if the address is:

694 Aspkin Ave, 11764 (zip) it will verify 694 and 11764. My question is does it verify these numeric elements as a single number (i.e, 69411764) or as two distinct units such as 694 and 11764 ?

It makes no difference. That would depend on the computer program. It is verifying the numbers in the address and the zip code.

And (assuming it verifies address as a single number) would the following two addresses be equivalent:

1. 691 Aspkin Ave, 11764
2. 69 Aspkin Ave, Apt 1, 11764

In other words does it matter that there are letters inbetween the 69 and the 1 in the second case?

No. The apartment number will not verify even though it IS a number.

The VCC's sold on the forum are the ones where it will pass AVS verification no matter what. That is why they are valuable since most cards won't do this. There are only a small number of card issuers that have cards that work this way.

Re: Address Verification System
 

All numbers will be verified. If the address is

123 Sesame St., Unit 456
Big Bird, Wonderland
78901

Then it is going to verify
123 456
78901

You could have the address on the card as
123 Sesame St., Unit 456
Big Bird, Wonderland
78901

But on Paypal put in the address

123 Ebaysucks, Sodoespaypal 456
Omaha, NE
78901

And it will still verify it....the letters don't matter at all.

Re: Address Verification System
 

Thanks! This is what I wanted to know.. Would 123456 ebay street be vlaid too? (i.e, no words between 123 and 456)?

Re: Address Verification System
 

Put the space between 123 and 456. If the address is

123 Ebay St., Apt. 456

You could even put

123 456

Without any words, and it would still register fine. It completely disregards letters.

Re: Address Verification System
 

I've found, for the most part, AVS only verifies the zip code when you are adding/validating a CC

Re: Address Verification System
 

You are correct. When I worked for an internet company we had AVS failures all the time when people were trying to sign up for subscriptions. It was only the zip code that mattered. This is why at some gas stations they only ask you for the zip code at the pump. Verifying the street address can by complicated and to much of a headache to be worth it since many are not standardized.

At the same internet company we had a second system for customers placing orders for products and we had to verify the entire shipping address. It was a HUGE issue trying to verify the exact format of a shipping address.

Re: Address Verification System
 

Only verifies the ZIP / Postal code - won't use the house number. If you want to test it, do it.

Enter a different ZIP address that matches what is registered on the card and the rest of the address different, it will pass.

Re: Address Verification System
 

Do you mean that AVS only verifies the zip part or that most companies will allow an order to pass as long as the zip section is entered correctly ?

As I understand, AVS doesn't deny or accept the order. It is the companies job to determine risk level and either accept or deny order. However, this still means that the AVS itself will check the house number - only that the company can choose to ignore this check.

Is this what you mean?

Thanks

Re: Address Verification System
 

AVS matches to zip code and house number from experience - few posts by jeffweico and others about this. Have you also tried googling?