MTN and Nigeria are like twine brothers but that has stopped incessant attacks on Nigerians in South Africa even with the cut-throat profit it makes in Nigeria.

prettyzee11:
Too long, it should be shorter y getting longer? May be one day we will reach 200 digits

Do you mean we have to program before loading a recharge card?

This thing will soon reach 30 digits

Check my signature if you need a web programmer or a writer

MTN na 419 naw.... before u know it they will say the last digit is for OBJ

onatisi:
that is the game , they want to make it cumbersome so that ppl will prefer to use their own bank

16 digit to 17 ....this don’t make sense now ..

Why do they keep stressing us .

Are MTN confused?
Anyway, its for their safety
More PIN = more secure server

what dis pussy cats nid to do
make data affordable
8gig...4k
25gig..10k
unlimited data...12k

Recharging online since God knows when!

vickzie:
they should try bet9ja kinda slip codes, easy and short

short code ke!
that alphanumerically long thing

You can. Its permutation and combination. However you would have to try too many times

RETIREDMUMU:
it still baffles me,,u cant just create pin off head,not untill u set ur eyes on the pin in the voucher,incredible!

My thoughts too.

greatface:
Have they actually exhausted the permutations of the previous?

temitofa:
MTN Nigeria is increasing the number of digits for the PINS on recharge vouchers from 16 to 17 digits. This means that when you purchase a scratch card of any denomination, the number of PINs you will type in the process of loading will be 17.

Back in 2016, the foremost telecom operator increased the number of digits from 12 to 16 now, it’s taking it to 17 digit. We just hope by 2020, we will not be counting 20 digits.

Despite the change the old 16 digit vouchers remain valid and useable. Also, whether you recharge a 16 or 17 digit pin code the value of the airtime remains the same.

https://www.tellforceblog.com/2018/05/mtn-introduces-17-digit-mtn-recharge-pin.html

Clueless network provider. Are they still producing physical and logical recharge means, or they are going electronic with VTU since everybody now does VTU?

RETIREDMUMU:
it still baffles me,,u cant just create pin off head,not until u set ur eyes on the pin in the voucher,incredible!

That's because pin numbers are not created at random, just like that number on your ATM card.

An algorithm is used in creating the number.

Emeskhalifa:
Nawa oooo.


Can't remember last time i used recharge card pin.
Been buying from bank pls anyone knows how to disable buying airtime from bank??
It's making me load unnecessary airtime on my line abeq

see rich people,

princemillla:
What's the point. Aren't they suppose find ways to make shorter, Or am I missing something here

. That will only make the codes easier to guess, plus there might come a time when new codes won't be available.

RETIREDMUMU:
it still baffles me,,u cant just create pin off head,not untill u set ur eyes on the pin in the voucher,incredible!

Mathematically generated codes....Matrix.
You can't beat it....or at least it will take may trials to get one correct.

vickzie:
they should try bet9ja kinda slip codes, easy and short

lol

linkers:
I just recharged 100 in from my Gtbank account and they charged me 207₦ please help out

What!!! You recharged #100 and got charged #207? Are you serious?

prettyzee11:
Too long, it should be shorter y getting longer? May be one day we will reach 200 digits

If it's shorter, it becomes easier to guess.

princemillla:
What's the point. Aren't they suppose find ways to make ishorter, Or am I missing something here

For security reasons it can be

So the number of people using bet9ja codes and those recharging MTN lines is the same?

vickzie:
they should try bet9ja kinda slip codes, easy and short

LustreChris:
Someone said they'd soon change to Roman figures

So funny

U go first gym b4 u think of recharge

RETIREDMUMU:
it still baffles me,,u cant just create pin off head,not untill u set ur eyes on the pin in the voucher,incredible!

That's the same thing with lottery, Imagine getting only 6 numbers right & you win N64billion.

You know how Probability works. Head and tail.

Useless Network.

falcon01:
i recharge directly from the bank. I dont have to worry about these

Always patronize those girls on the street selling recharge cards. They do it to get busy

More reason to run from road side vendors, even the normal ones we used b4 its big stress to load..... Make it 32

Alitair:
Business. Instead of long digits, you buy from your bank. Simple. Things keep getting bad for the common people.

Common people can't use banks and bank apps?

PrincessB1:
So funny

Na true naaa