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Checkout.comCheckout 42204
Decline List - Phone Number (Entity)
Fraud/Security
Suspected fraudulent activity or security blocks
Do Not Retry
Retry will not succeed
Description
The phone number is on the entity-level decline list.
Recommended Action
Contact Checkout.com to review the entity-level decline list.
Common Causes
- Phone number flagged at the entity level
Recovery Tips
- Contact Checkout.com support to review the entry
Quick Reference
Code
42204
Category
Fraud/Security
Retryable
No
Source
Checkout
Recoverability verdict
Retrying 42204 will not work
This is a hard decline. Retrying code 42204 will not recover the payment. But most merchants seeing this code also have soft declines they are not recovering. Check what your retry strategy is leaving behind.
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