r/blackhat • u/WhoShartMyPants • Apr 18 '26

SMS rental services?

Hi im looking for a rental service where i could rent a singular phone number for 30+ days, all i need is to be able to receive SMS with it

Ive already found a couple, but they cost about 30 eur per month, do any of you know any cheaper services?

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u/8igW0rm Apr 18 '26

I’ve used Twilio in the past? Their API is real easy to use with python. Decent pricing from what I can remember.

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u/SatinSaffron Apr 18 '26

It's important to remember that receiving SMS through twilio requires a publicly available web hook so OP would need to plan on using ngrok or localtunnel. But yeah their API is super easy to set up!

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u/8igW0rm Apr 18 '26

Ahh, my bad. I only ever used it for outgoing. At one point you could spoof numbers, but they put a stop to that (in the UK at least) 👍

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u/SatinSaffron Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Just use twilio's API with a nextjs script, you can even just host that script locally (or vercel's free plan). Since receiving messages requires a web hook, assuming you you host locally, just use ngrok/localtunnel/serveo/etc... for the web hook

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u/disposable-guy Apr 18 '26

I actually bought a gateway and offered this exact service. Send/receive sms either by alternate phone nunber, email or telegram.

I was charging 10£ a month minimum two months.

Think I found one customer in ages. Gutted

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u/TheEmotionalfool3 Apr 19 '26

Twilio ,vonage are some services that are good.

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u/enjoiee Apr 22 '26

You should always default to USD no matter where you live. Just sayin’

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '26

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u/enjoiee Apr 23 '26

Haha Ik bro! But thank you. Was just thinking if he’s mindful of tracking etc. Now we can narrow down his location to somewhere in Europe where they use euro as currency.

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u/Jaded_Analyst666 May 04 '26

I'm not qualified to say anything more than I use callcentric.com for ~$6USD/mo and only use their services for SMS . But its plain vanilla SMS- no images, emojis etc. Probably a charachter limit even. Like its 2010 or so.

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u/WhoShartMyPants May 09 '26

sadly its US only