My credit union changed their policy about 2 years ago because of the high incidents of overseas fraud they were running to. Unfortunately they didn't notify anyone. It was only after I tried to place an order and my card was rejected, that I called and found out what the story was. They have never questioned me on what I was buying or from whom. I just tell them I need my card opened for a foreign transaction and they take care of it.
I've only used a pre paid card once, a Green Dot, and they required all my information, name, address, SS number, DoB, etc. so I saw no advantage to using it over my debit card.

Ditto on the requesting access to foreign transactions; they never asked me anything about what I was buying. Not everybody buying internationally is scoring cannabis seeds.![]()
Do all pre-paids require that information? Would be good info to know!
For USA residents, international orders will not go through if you try to use a pre-paid debit or credit card. This used to be a way to add security to your order (purchase a pre-paid card in cash, then use that to make your online order) but these cards no longer work with any international order due to a change in laws that occured in 2012.
From: GrowWeedEasy.com http://www.growweedeasy.com/seeds
That is not the case BayLee, maybe with some cards but I have one I have used several times with no problems at all. It is a refillable card, not a "gift card" per se, but it works flawlessly and was purchased at Walmart.
From what I've researched is that the pre-paid cards must be able to do international transactions. Walgreens has them. You need to give ALL your personal info; SSN etc. Not giving my SSN to anyone.
I have a USPS worker friend and he said just send cash. There may be a chance of being stolen, but 99% of all international letters go unchecked.