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by SXX 979 days ago
Yes you can block everything, but with every specific service blocked you limit your ability to accept new users. There also legitimate banks that let you have 5-10 virtual cards or generate unique card each time you pay.

Spammers do have large number of unique phones in their farms as well as budget to have undetectible rooting and hardware ID faking. And Google Pay / Apple Pay as well as majority of banks actually do nothing to prevent you from adding your cards to 10 different phones.

Of course it's all makes lives harder for everyone who want to get a new account, but nothing including literal ID / passport and face verification make is impossible to bypass.