All of these services are sketchy. However, I think it would be beneficial to the community if criteria were developed and recommendations made regarding which of these services are the least sketchy.

Last time I tried to use smspool to create a google account it prompted me to send a pre-defined SMS from my actual phone instead of entering a number. Would be great if smspool can add such a functionality.

What are the payment options accepted ?

It’s a bad idea to use these for accounts you’re going to use for a long time. I’ve seen someone who used one for their Apple account and then when they tried to recover it, they weren’t able to because they didn’t have access to the number.

Does PG have a position on how to best create a private Apple/Google account?

I don’t know about apple. But for google, if you don’t have old account (before sms was needed) it’s not that hard to skip it even on Android phone.

Is it confirmed that people can still create a new Google account on an Android without a phone number? If we can go through that, can we then set up 2FA with something like a Yubikey?

I guess I meant it’s a reasonable price for someone who doesn’t own a smart phone and still needs to receive 2FA SMS texts. I don’t like using cell phones because, even if you are using an anonymous burner SIM, the IMEI # of the phone gives up your location, allowing you to be triangulated to about …

@SMSPool just noticed we could summon you about the Google verification issue :slight_smile: do you see any solutions in sight to SEND an SMS for the verification?

We aren’t actively working on a solution at the moment, however this issue is becoming slightly more common. We suggest using a fresh browser session and a fresh residential IP address that matches the country’s numbers. This can sometimes bypass this and allows you to send an SMS instead rather th…

This is why some services like ours offer long-term rental phone numbers :slightly_smiling_face: I would suggest getting your own sim if price is an issue though.

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rob45ls April 27, 2026, 11:47am 40

There are a few sites you can try.
You can use felixmerchant.com if you want numbers without registering on the site.
Wantsms.com offers good long-term rental options and temporary numbers from different countries.

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