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title: "Use cases for a burner phone number"
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summary: "Places people hand out a throwaway phone number: marketplace listings, dating and resumes. See how NumberBurn works for each, and where it does not fit."
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# Use cases for a burner phone number

Places people hand out a throwaway phone number: marketplace listings, dating and resumes. See how NumberBurn works for each, and where it does not fit.

A number you can hand out and throw away fits anywhere you give your phone number to strangers. Pick a case to see how it works and what to watch for.

These are places where people commonly hand out a number. They are examples, not endorsements by any platform, and each site sets its own rules about phone numbers.

## Use cases

- [Craigslist](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-craigslist.md): Keep your real number out of listings and replies, then burn the number once the item has sold.
- [Facebook Marketplace](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-facebook-marketplace.md): Share a number when a buyer asks for one, without giving out the phone you use every day.
- [OfferUp](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-offerup.md): Hand a buyer a number that is made for the sale and easy to retire afterwards.
- [Dating](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-dating.md): Share a number early without handing over the one that everything else in your life uses.
- [Resume](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-on-resume.md): Give employers a number that rings your phone and that you can switch off when the search ends.

## Looking for a second, temporary or disposable number?

- [Temporary phone number](https://numberburn.com/temporary-phone-number.md): A temporary phone number you keep for as long as you need and burn when done. NumberBurn is receive-only: calls ring your mobile, texts go to a web inbox.

## Related

- [Temporary phone number](https://numberburn.com/temporary-phone-number.md)
- [Craigslist phone number](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-craigslist.md)
- [Facebook Marketplace phone number](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-facebook-marketplace.md)
- [OfferUp phone number](https://numberburn.com/phone-number-for-offerup.md)