ByWashington Fake Number for Verification
A study conducted by Pew Research Center indicated that more than 80% of Americans are afraid of giving away their data online as they are worried about privacy. Most people are reluctant when using their phone numbers to make online subscriptions or use their numbers on dating sites due to potential data leaks and multiple spam texts.
DoNotPay generates burner numbers as a convenient alternative to your phone number for online subscription and verification. You can use these temporary phone numbers to bypass verification for most online services, including dating apps, free trials, social media, and subscriptions to online services.
Why People Use Burner Phones
A few decades ago, criminal activities were highly linked to burner phones, but law-abiding citizens appreciate the privacy awarded by a burner phone in today's world. Some reasons people use burner phones include:
- Most online services require subscribers to provide a phone number when signing up. In this case, most people prefer to use a handset that is not connected to their real-world identity- a burner phone. Burner phones provide a secure way of signing up for online services and also help you avoid receiving unwanted marketing texts.
- Most burner phones have limited features. They lack advanced smartphone features, including cameras or access to a modern browser. You can only use most burner phones to receive and make a call or to text or receive a text message. However, this enables them to last for many days, if not months, on a single charge if you use the battery sparingly. This makes them ideal for use in an emergency.
Why Online Services Ask For Phone Verification
Most online services require you to provide a phone number to verify who you say you are. The company may either send you a verification code or request to make a phone call. You can provide a to receive the verification code or receive the verification call.
How Else You Can Avoid Phone Verification
There are multiple ways that people avoid phone verification, and they include:
| Use Google Voice. | With Google Voice, you will be required to provide them with a personal number to get an unknown number. This might not be the best option if you do not want to leave your number anywhere. |
| Use someone else's phone. | Some people may use their friends or a family member's phone for online verification. However, this will leave the phone number used exposed to potential text spam or robocalls. |
| Buy a burner phone. | Some people may purchase a burner phone with a , but is it worth the one-time use? You might also be required to spend around $50 annually on one number, which might turn this option costly if you do not intend to use the burner phone again in the future. |
Potential Issues With Washington Fake Phone Number
The use of free numbers may be secure, but there also are some downsides to using them, and they include:
- Some applications like Twitter do not accept numbers from multiple sites that let you create a free number.
- It is easy to forget the fake number.
- You can also lose the fake number if the burner phone gets lost.
- There may be issues with sending or receiving verification codes while using free numbers. A user may encounter problems receiving verification codes if their device is not set correctly to receive codes from unknown sources or due to poor device network connection. If you encounter such issues, you may be forced to contact your number providers who may not be responsive. One of the significant advantages of using DoNotPay is that our support team usually responds to any inquiries within 24 hours.
Use DoNotPay to Sign Up for Any Service Without a Phone Number
With DoNotPay, you do not have to purchase a burner phone for verification. The application has an easy-to-use interface that allows you to access burner phone products quickly. Below are the steps to follow when signing up for a service using DoNotPay numbers.
- Visit DoNotPay's official website.
- Select the Burner Phone product on the homepage.
- Select the site or company that you intend to use the number
- Click "Create a temporary number."
- DoNotPay will automatically create a number that you can use for verification and other online services.
- Finish signing up with the new number from DoNotPay.
- DoNotPay will show any verification or subscription text.
- DoNotPay generates a number for one-time use. The application will delete the message and deactivate the free number after 10 minutes.
Unlike other applications that charge more than $50 yearly for a burner number, our product comes as part of our $3.00 subscription. You can also use multiple numbers per month while using our services.
Virtual Credit Card
You have probably signed up for a free trial, provided your credit card details and then forgot about it. Before you know it, you have already been charged for products or services that you have never used.
DoNotPay has developed the Free Trial card that is a convenient way of saving money and time. This feature is a bonus of our $3 subscription, and it allows users to develop a Virtual Credit Card to use for online services as well.
What Else Can DoNotPay Do?
Besides creating temporary numbers, you can use DoNotPay to:
- Sign up for other services without phone verification
- Find any unclaimed funds under your name
- Protect yourself from stalking and harassment
- Get refunds from companies
- Sign up for free trials risk-free
- Get revenge on robocalls
- Send demand letters to people and companies in small claims court
- Schedule a DMV appointment fast and easy