Prepaid card providers add unauthorized secondary cardholders enabling account takeover
Prepaid card accounts used for Social Security and benefit deposits are compromised by unauthorized secondary cardholders—an access vector that prepaid providers fail to detect or disclose. When fraudulent transactions drain the account, providers delay dispute processing until transactions post, leaving vulnerable account holders without funds during the window. The unauthorized cardholder mechanism remains opaque to victims.
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