Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A longtime reader recently asked: How do online fraudsters get the 3-digit card verification value (CVV or CVV2) code printed on the ...

Aside from the card number itself, the CVV is one of the most important numbers on your credit or debit card. This three- or four-digit code is designed to prevent fraud. "The CVV was first devised as ...

The Card Verification Value (CVV) number is a unique code printed on your physical credit card used for card verification purposes. For most credit cards, this is a three-digit number printed on the ...