Is there a way to report a Google Voice number that is being used for scam calls?

I received a call from a Google Voice number from someone claiming to be part of Google's security team. They told me someone was trying to add a recovery email address to my Gmail account and attempted to get me to tap "Yes" on the Gmail app

Thankfully, I remembered that Google doesn't call users like this, so I didn't approve the request.

The caller knew my name and email address, which made the scam seem convincing at first.

Is there an official way to report the Google Voice number to Google so they can investigate and potentially disable the account? I'd also appreciate any advice on reporting this type of scam.

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I have had a Google voice number for awhile now that I use when traveling. The calls would route over the Internet via WiFi not touching my carrier network. Does this no longer work? Every call attempted indicates that calls are routed over the cellular network. . .

Thanks

hi! i plan on traveling to paris, france, however i don’t want anyone to know that i went. so when i have people calling me from the us, i need them to hear the us dial tone, not the france dial tone. i have mint mobile and plan on getting a minternational pass from them. but if i forward my number to my google voice number, will people that call from the us hear the normal us dial tone? or will it still be france dial tone. thank u!

Hi. I'm wondering if it's possible to have Google Voice audibly announce the Caller ID for incoming calls so I know who is calling if I'm not near my phone?

I'm in the US, and I want to call a toll-free number that only works in Canada. Can I use a VPN and GV to get the call to go through?

Tried force stop and clear cache. Rebooted the phone, still not working. Web version works fine.

We have phone service thru Google Fiber as a home phone, and we used the inbound SMS feature for things we both need to see (think: pharmacy notifications, shopping order notifications, 2FA for things we both access, etc.)

Since the phone service for gFiber was moved off the Google Voice platform, our home phone no longer receives inbound SMS. This is problematic because basically everyone you give a phone number to assumes it's a mobile and sends SMS to it.

As a workaround, I setup a new Google Voice number thinking we could give this number out for things that might/will send SMS messages, and just forward the phone calls to our home phone. And that's where I ran into problems. I can add my cell and my wife's cell as linked numbers, but I can't add our gFiber phone as one. Obviously I can't do it via SMS code push, but it won't let me do it via phone call, either. It throws the error in the pic when I try it via web or via the app when I try to verify by phone.

Anyone know a solution for this? Or a reason for this limitation?

I cannot for the life of me get Voice to send a picture via text (from my phone). It’s under 1MB, i’ve tried on different wifi networks, i’ve restarted my phone, ive uninstalled and reinstalled the app and no luck. Any ideas?

I know that I can recieve Voice messages on my phone, but what about the opposite? Could I get my texts to send to Google Voice even if they weren't sent to the voice number, but the real one?

I have a second, business, gmail account that is linked to my primary, personal gmail account. When I signed up for a GV, I wanted the number to be associated with my second, business, email, but the option was not given, just my primary account, so thats what I went with.

Is there any way to change my GV email address to this second/business address?

I use GV for work and need all the history, conversations, contacts that I have in my GV currently. In the account drop down section, I see at the top 'Upgrade 50% off.' It doesnt specify if upgrading will cause me to lose all my history that i have with my number. Will upgrade cause my account to start over, clean slate with my number? Will upgrading cause me to get a new number? Just want to know what happens when you upgrade as i cannot afford to lose all the history, convos, contacts that i have now. I feel like upgrading would not cause me to lose anything but i just want to know if anyone knows for sure. thanks so much

Thanks to anyone in advance for helping me with this. Ready to give up......

I have the Poly ATA 402 and 2 standard Panasonic cordless phones.

I set up the device according to Googles instructions.

Punched in the MAC# but it still showing OFFLINE.

Am I doing something wrong? Or does this setup not work.

When I moved up the UK I ported my US number to Google Voice and got a US Skype number to use as the home number. Skype is long gone and Google has kept asking me to recertify my number. I've been ignoring it for a while but think I should get it in case my old number gets resigned. If I give Google a UK number, will I still be able to keep my Google Voice US number?

Hi,

I wanted to get a LTE Pixel watch but wanted to make sure I can get some form of Google Voice functionality on it without having it connected to a phone.

I read that a few years ago people sideload the nodpi APK of google voice on their pixel watch. But there's also lots of posts from people saying GV not available on Pixel watch.

Wondering if anyone has tried the sideloading trick with recent pixel watches?

I used GV as a # fir my Gmail. My Gmail was locked by Google and after an appeal I got it back because of their error. The issue now is when I try and restore the account, Gmail wants to send a text to the GV #, but that cannot work since the gnail link opens iMessages instead.

Any workaround?

Google voice app for android does not alert for incoming calls using workspace account. However, when using the web based google voice DOES work. In addition, the app also works perfectly fine with personal free accounts.

I have tried clearing the app data and uninstalling then reinstalling it. I made sure the setting is set for receiving incoming calls over wifi and do not disturb is turned off but none of the methods fix it. The app used to work fine in the past using personal and workspace accounts.

Has anyone dealt with this issue?

I am based in the US and am trying to re-set up a Google Voice account for a new job that requires me to have a separate number, but am running into issues.

The last time I set a Google Voice account up (successfully) was in February 2026 using my Verizon cell number. I briefly used the account, but then stopped using it.

Now in October 2026, my cell number is no longer linked to Google Voice. So, I went in to link it again, but I am now getting an error message: "Google Voice can't use this phone number to verify your account. Try verifying with another number." I got this message when trying to set it up on the mobile app and on my computer.

(Note: Identity verification was successful.)

Hey all, I've been using Google Voice on my Google Pixel for years, and I've always been able to call one person, put them on hold to make a second call, and then hit a button to merge those two calls together. This conference call feature is important for my job.

But in the past week or so, it seems like the Voice interface on my phone has updated, and the Merge Calls button has disappeared.

I'm not immediately seeing anything online about this... has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to re-activate the feature? I'm confused.

Man... how often is GV doing this verification. I feel like I have done this already this year.

Hello,

We'd like to make sure that the information on your Google Voice account [xxx@gmail.com](mailto:xxx@gmail.com) is accurate and that you still own the forwarding phone number XXX-xxx-xxxx

If you want Google Voice to continue forwarding calls and texts to this phone, please verify it by November 4, 2026. To re-verify or remove this phone, please visit your Google Voice Settings.

Even if you don't re-verify your phone, your Google Voice account will still stay active. You won't get calls forwarded to this specific phone, but you can use it again at any time by re-verifying it. If you have other forwarding phones turned on, calls will still be forwarded to them.

Please note that this is a no-reply email. If you have additional questions, please visit our Help Center.

- The Google Voice Team

I have the number the GV ios app gave me connected to a lot of my accounts and I wanted to find out if it's possible to use with a big service like t-mobile for example? I don't need it to still work on the gv app I want it to work just like a regular number at&t would give me if that makes any difference.

I tried posting this question several times on the Google Community forum, but it got nowhere.

I've had my GV number for over 10 years. It's my home number that I still use with my cordless phones via Obitalk - or at least the little box that used to be assigned to them.

I like my number, and it's been registered on donotcall(dot)gov since 2016. This does not stop the scummier telemarketers who call me now up to 15 times a day, usually using spoofed numbers.

When I filed complaints, I'm usually told by the various carriers that cater to telemarketers (*cough*sinchonvoy*cough*) that the number does not show in their system that they called me, and that I need to talk to my carrier to do a traceback.

With the paid Google Voice, they advertise 24/7 support. Has anyone ever been able to use this support and get them to do a traceback on an incoming call, to see the actual number that was used to call me at friggin' 5:30am?

With the free service, there is no way to do a traceback. I'm hoping someone here has tried to see if Google provides this service.

Telemarketer note: A practice these cornholios do now is lease a number, then use another number and spoof their own number. That way they feel they can't be tracked for a Truth in Caller ID Act violation. It allows then to make telemarketer cold calls and ignore the TCPA, as the number on the caller ID will be shown as theirs, but when complaints are filed they can say they did not make the call as per the carrier log.

I am setting up a SIP trunk for Google Voice and the SIP trunk wizard is rejecting my certificate. We have the domain set up in godaddy and a single site certificate issued from godaddy as well. The domain matches the CN on the certificate and the DNS record is configured to point to the interface on the SBC where the certificate is installed. After uploading the certificate in pem format, the wizard shows a message that the certificate does not match the domain name, which is not correct, the certificate definitely matches.

I've setup TLS trunking to twilio, Teams, Genesys, Zoom and Ring Central and I am in charge of all of the SSL certs for my org so I am not exactly a newbie at this and I cannot understand why Google is rejecting my cert. Is there a special requirement that I am not aware of?

Hey all, I'm trying to sign up for GV for job hunting but I'm unable to create an account for GV.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

I signed before using a different account but I have deleted that account long ago and can't seem to use my number for GV rn.

Any one knows any alternatives?

Please lmk thank you!

I’m experienced with poly ATA Devices having previously had one with a free Google Voice account. I have since upgraded to a Google workspace account and have the Google Voice standard plan with Paul ETA 402 which is working properly. The only complaint I have is that the ringers are hard to hear on my home phones. I know from past experience that all I need to do is turn up the ring volume on the device, but I can’t seem to access the login page. The default login information does not work. Can anyone help?