OpenAI declined my card for absolutely no reason at all

It’s completely weird, unexpected and unfair that something as critical as the fraud detection system or whatever it’s called would be this messed up. The other day I tried to buy more api credits because my balance got to $2.5 and in my very first try OpenAI declined my card.

The exact message I get is: “Your card was declined for making repeated attempts too frequently.”

Now my balance will keep decreasing until $0 then my api requests will stop working which means my app will stop working.

I know this isn’t the first time this issue has been shared in the forum but I just wanna know f there is ever a solution to this issue or it’s over. Is there someone at OpenAI I can talk to?

  • I already verified all my payment details are correct before trying to buy the credits.
  • I already verified that my country (Morocco) is part of the countries that can use the OpenAI billing.
  • I already verified that my bank balance is higher than the amount I want to put on my OpenAI balance. In other words, I do have enough money to buy OpenAI credits.
  • I’m 100% sure that I didn’t try multiple attempts too frequently. My card was declined after the first attempt only.

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Sorry for the trouble. Payment declines are account-specific, so we can’t diagnose or override them from the forum. Please avoid repeated retries. Check the card details, billing address, supported card-issuance region, and any 3D Secure/SCA prompt; contacting your bank is often the quickest next step. If it still fails, contact Support through the Help Center as shared by ERIC so it can be reviewed securely. Please don’t post card details here. We’ll close this thread for now.