Probably everyone has been faced with a situation where when registering on any site it is necessary to specify your phone number. This is necessary to make sure that the registered user is a real person, not a bot, as well as to activate the account. But what if the user does not want to leave his phone number in the public domain on the Internet? There is a way out of such a confusing situation and it is a disposable phone number to receive SMS. Fortunately technologies allow creating a disposable number, which can be left with no worries on some other site.
What is a disposable phone number?
A burner number is a phone number, but it’s not tied to a location or a specific mobile device such as your phone or tablet. You can only get it online for a limited period of time and receive text messages on it ( There are other types that are for calls, voicemail and other purposes.) But when it comes to registration, a text message will suffice for you.
The main reasons to use disposable phone numbers
- Increase security. Confirming your personal mobile number on third-party resources is only a serious risk, especially when it comes to little-known websites. In the best of circumstances, your phone will receive advertising spam in the form of messages and calls. In the worst-case scenario, your phone could end up in the hands of scammers. A burner number can help you avoid this and keep your real number secret to protect you from privacy breaches.
- You may think that disposable phone numbers are expensive, but they are actually cheap and cost-effective. You can even choose to rent the number temporarily or for a longer period of time.
- Dual Account Registration. Most users have only one or two SIM cards. Therefore, they are limited in the number of accounts they can register (usually 1 phone = 1 profile). Single numbers solve this problem: you can register as many profiles as you want.
- There is no country. Some services (like cryptocurrency exchanges) prohibit people from registering accounts in certain countries. If you live in such a country and don’t have a foreign phone number, services that accept SMS to virtual numbers will allow you to create an account from anywhere in the world, including Australia or the United States.
Creating virtual phone number for receiving SMS
Not everyone understands how to create such a disposable phone number. In fact it is extremely simple. Even the most inexperienced user can deal with this issue. Below we provide a universal instruction:
- First, you need to find a service that provides an opportunity to create a virtual number. However, we should immediately note that most require a certain amount of money for obtaining such a phone. For example, we will use a proven service SMS-man.
- Open the site, register and top up your balance for the required amount of money. The average cost of one such mobile number does not exceed 20 cents.
- Then we find the necessary country from the list (SMS-man offers about 150 different countries to choose from. We choose the suitable country and the service where it is necessary to register. Then clicks the purchase button.
- We enter it into the column for registration on the site, where the phone number is required, and wait for the SMS-code for verification. The code will come to the site from where you got the virtual number, so do not close the tab, but go back and click “Get SMS”.
- All you have to do is enter the verification code you received to complete your registration.
