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Stripe Card Testing v4: Detection and Prevention

What card testing is

Card testing is a fraud pattern. A person holds a list of stolen card numbers and needs to know which ones still work. The tester sends small authorization requests, then keeps the numbers that approve. A Stripe account can be the target in two ways: the attacker tests cards against a merchant checkout page, or the attacker runs charges through a compromised Stripe account.

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Amounts are small. Many attempts sit under one dollar. Some testers send one charge per card. Others send hundreds of attempts in a few minutes.

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How Stripe detects card testing

  • Radar risk scoring on each payment.
  • Velocity rules that count attempts per card, per IP address, and per customer.
  • Decline pattern analysis across the whole account.
  • Device fingerprint and IP reputation signals.
  • Dispute and refund ratios.

Stripe can block a charge, hold payouts, or ask the account owner for more verification. Merchants see these events in the Dashboard under Payments and Radar.

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Signs an account is being tested

  • A sudden rise in failed authorizations with codes such as generic_decline or incorrect_number.
  • Many different card numbers from one IP address or one device.
  • Card country that does not match the billing country.
  • Charges between $0.00 and $1.00 with no matching order.
  • New customer accounts that place several orders in a short window.

Steps to reduce card testing

  1. Turn on Radar rules for velocity limits and blocked countries.
  2. Require CVC and postal code checks on every charge.
  3. Add a CAPTCHA to the checkout form.
  4. Set a minimum charge amount above the range testers use.
  5. Block known proxy and VPN ranges at the network edge.
  6. Review disputes inside the response window.

Legal status

Card testing uses payment credentials the tester does not own. In the US, that conduct falls under wire fraud, access device fraud (18 U.S.C. 1029), and identity theft law. The Stripe Services Agreement bans it. Buying or selling card numbers is a separate offense.

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Merchants do not need live cards to test an integration. Stripe test mode keys and the published test card numbers cover checkout, refunds, and error paths.

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