GEMB Amazon : Phone # Verification

[Underh20]

I applied for an Amazon store card and GEMB claims that they could not verify my phone number with the number on my credit file.  Only thing is that I never ever saw on my credit report where it lists my phone number.  What gives?

[Anonymous]

Many companies use your phone number for identification. If it's not on your credit record, a computer query might just come back as "no match".

This ID issue is more or less the only reason that I still have a landline.

[Underh20]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Many companies use your phone number for identification. If it's not on your credit record, a computer query might just come back as "no match".

This ID issue is more or less the only reason that I still have a landline.

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Can they verify if I only use a cell number?

The problem is that I am stationed overseas and do not have a land line in my home in the States.  Any solutions you can think of that would work for me?

[Anonymous]

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@Underh20 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Many companies use your phone number for identification. If it's not on your credit record, a computer query might just come back as "no match".

This ID issue is more or less the only reason that I still have a landline.

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Can they verify if I only use a cell number?

The problem is that I am stationed overseas and do not have a land line in my home in the States.  Any solutions you can think of that would work for me?

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If your cell number made it to the report, they could use it. Mine hasn't yet, so I can't use it on credit applications.

I don't really know how GEMB handles that. For someone in the States, I would suggest to call for recon, so that a customer representative can tell you what you have to do to prove your identity. I have no idea whether this will work from overseas. Perhaps, someone else knows more.

Message Edited by Ulan on 06-17-2009 11:09 AM

[Anonymous]

After I was denied for one credit card for this same reason I added my cell phone to my EQ and EX reports. If you subscribe to one of the credit monitoring services you can do this by using the site to file a dispute. I simply had them remove my old land line number and gave them my cell number as phone number.

I believe I had to use an EQ monitoring service to do this on their report.