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A US virtual number just doesn't cut it (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by goodpeoplewin@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Okay so I run a few businesses and travel, and my US LLC gets paid in USD.

US PayPal account, and US bank account. Sweet.

BUT I'm not from the US. So I always get blocked by banks and paypal, asking to SMS verify my US phone number

How do you guys solve this problem?

I've tried virtual numbers / Skype but often the stupid site will not accept it saying "sorry that number is not acceptable".

I got a real US SIM, but somehow the US carriers cancel it after I've been nomading outside of the US, even though I'm still paying for it. It lasted for a while but now I'm stuck again.

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[–] goodpeoplewin@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I think they sometimes work. They're super clear about not promising that 2FA will work though, here's a list of things that they don't work with: https://www.numberbarn.com/blog/sms-notifications-from-your-bank/

[–] eric0e@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I recently moved a mobile number Tossable Digits on their $40/year plan, as I did not like tying up a cellphone just for 2FA. They have a similar warnings as NumberBarn, but so far everything is working for 2FA, including a couple banks. This is a number I have had for a long time that started as a landline, that I then transferred to Ultra Paygo for a couple years, and now it is at Tossable Digits.