In the past, online transactions used to be very difficult especially for the young people who do not have bank accounts because most of the online transactions require the use of credit cards or other payment methods like PayPal which also require a credit card to be linked to them in order for the transaction to be possible.
I personally used to face challenges while trying to get free trials on some sites for example I liked using digital ocean for cloud computing but to get their free trial, you need to first provide your credit card information so this was the challenge I used to face as many other people do because I had no knowledge about virtual credit cards but since I found them and started using them, everything has been easy for me and so can be easy for you after getting the information I'm about to show you below.
Importance of using virtual credit cards
Virtual credit cards can help you to stay safe especially if you don't trust some site but you would like to get something like a free trial from them.
The reason why this is possible is because after using your virtual credit card, you can choose to cancel it at any time then the next time you want to do some other online transaction you can just get a new card and continue with your transaction without any worry.
How to activate a free airtel money virtual credit card.
Dial *185*7*9# and select get a card
You Will then be asked to confirm with your airtel money PIN.
After that, you will get an SMS message from Airtel with a link that you can click on to view your created virtual card.
Click on the link and will be taken to a webpage to view your card but before viewing your card, for security reasons airtel implemented OTP verification so you will need to first click the request for OTP button and in a few seconds you will get an SMS message with the OTP code which you will then enter in the OTP box and click view card.
After that, you will be presented with full details of your of your Airtel Money Virtual Mastercard.
How to delete or cancel your Airtel virtual Mastercard.
As always you may have some feeling of unsafety especially after using your card to pay at a site that you do not trust very well or after getting a free trial and you do not want to be charged automatically after the trial ends so for that reason you may want to delete or cancel your Airtel Mastercard.
To do that, follow the steps below.
Dial *185*7*9# again and then select delete card.
Now you just have to confirm with your airtel money pin code and then the card will be canceled immediately.
That's all for this post and if you have any questions or any suggestions just leave a comment below.
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