Limits and 911
A NumberBurn number does less than a phone line on purpose. Read these limits before you rely on one.
Receive-only
A NumberBurn number only receives calls and texts. It cannot place a call, send a text or reply to one. There is no outbound feature at all.
No 911
Because the numbers are receive-only, there is no way to dial out from one, and no emergency address is tied to a NumberBurn number.
US numbers only
NumberBurn offers US phone numbers only, in a set of supported US area codes. Your confirmed mobile receives forwarded calls.
Sites that refuse virtual numbers
Some banks and apps refuse virtual numbers, and a text code may never be sent to one. NumberBurn cannot change that. Check a site's own rules before you depend on a NumberBurn number for it, and keep your own number for accounts that matter, such as your bank.
Acceptable use
NumberBurn closes accounts used for fraud, ban evasion, harassment, illegal activity, evading legal identity requirements, collecting verification codes in volume, reselling numbers or creating accounts by automation. The full rules are on the acceptable use page.