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ironically, both websites serve predominantly scammers who need SMS to verify with various websites to commit fraud.
by isubkhankulov 9y ago
ironically, both websites serve predominantly scammers who need SMS to verify with various websites to commit fraud.
- crypt1d 9y agoI can see how scammers would abuse such a service but u should not be so quick to assume that that is his major customer base. There have been numerous occasions where I was required to do SMS verification for legit accounts, and I didn't want to expose my phone number.
- droopyEyelids 9y agoThis happens often enough for you to need a programmatic solution?
- devrandomguy 9y agoIs there any other type of solution? If some service demands my mobile number, that is a clear signal that I should not give them my actual mobile number.
- dublinben 9y agoScammers don't need to use services like this to commit fraud. They'll just buy their own burner phones.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoUnless they're in another country, or need to automate the process, or need multiple numbers, etc.
- isubkhankulov 9y agothese scammers are usually located in 3rd world countries and they're pretending to be US/EU users.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoNot everyone wants to provide six forms of identification and the finger prints of their first born to register for a website.
- isubkhankulov 9y agoyes, but using bitcoin provides a layer of anonymity only fraudsters need. legit users who would just use twilio or another service that is tied to their identity.
- optimiz3 9y agoPapers please. If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear.
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- ryanlol 9y agoConsidering they mostly offer known VOIP numbers from twilio and likes and smsprivacy.org charges an UTTERLY INSANE $50 per day for physical numbers https://smsprivacy.org/buy-number/physical/GB https://smsprivacy.org/buy-number/physical/GB I can't imagine them being too popular. Sites like https://smspva.com https://smspva.com offer you real physical numbers associated with real physical sim cards for a couple of cents.
- isubkhankulov 9y agoRussian and Ukraninan numbers from smspva.com would not be used for fraud. in fact, that would be a huge red flag.
- ryanlol 9y agoDepends on the type of fraud. SMSPVA is mostly used to create email, social media accounts which are then used for various schemes.