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Receiving International Texts

  • 9 April 2023
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In the last couple of months, I’ve noticed I no longer receive texts from international entities.  This happens now, even where it’s worked before.  I have access to a website in Ireland where they always send me a confirmation text before I can log in.  This has stopped working and It’s worked for five years up to now.  I was recently in India and couldn’t sign up for an app because I didn’t get the confirmation texts.

What’s changed?


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Are you a prepaid or postpaid customer?  A lot of companies have made changes to prevent 2FA texts fr being sent internationally for security and fraud prevention.  Prepaid numbers don't usually meet the restrictions for 2FA for a lot of verification services and tightening restrictions on 2FA through prepaid services because there is no way to verify who is using the number.

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