Textanonymous lets you send anonymous texts
For £1.50 (plus the cost of a standard rate text), you can get a unique keycode.
That keycode will then let you send an anonymous message via the Textanonymous.com site. However it doesn’t need to be anonymous — because most UK gateways allow you to set both the originator and the destination fields on a text message, you can make your text message appear to come from someone else’s phone.
This kind of spoofing isn’t new — however TextAnonymous.com have given it a nice and simple front end for mischievous minds.
I can think of at least 100 different ways in which this can be used to bring hilarity … depending on your point of view. Heh. Use it sparingly though — all messages sent via the site are logged and of course the terms and conditions make it clear that it’s YOU not TextAnonymous.com sending the message. So not a good idea to text your mate’s boss with a declaration of undying love and set the originator as your mate’s phone number.
Send Anonymous Texts in the UK
I saw this over on SMS Text News this morning. A new UK company has set up a service that allows people to send anonymous text messages via a website. The service takes advantage of the ability to set…
Posted by The Mobile Technology Weblog on July 5th, 2006 at 10:00 am.Awsome stuff indeed
Of course, this could also be used for good purposes like sending a message from a company / business name to add that extra touch of class.
It is indeed refreshingly simply compared to the other services out there
Posted by Dave G on July 5th, 2006 at 10:47 am.This site is great for one good reason: it is truely anonymous. Apart from your own mobile number and the recipient, they don’t ask you to sign up, want your email address, age, postcode, inside leg measurements, or any of the other stuff half of these sites usually ask for! I’m always wary about giving away my personal details, so nice to see someone on the other side thinks the same way!
Posted by Alex on July 5th, 2006 at 1:56 pm.Say that i wanted to send a text prank to me friend and my moble number was +447840052618 (btw this is a random number) and my friends was 0784262618 could i disguise my number as 0784262618?
Posted by Anon on September 25th, 2006 at 11:03 pm.Hi
Posted by Mike on November 6th, 2006 at 4:31 pm.And others can do the same, but you can specify the recipient … http://www.anonymoustxt.com
Posted by Anonymous Text on November 10th, 2006 at 10:37 pm.Way to copy there!
lol
The “send from number” was removed as it has some serious legal issues including identity issues.
Dave
Posted by Dave G on February 14th, 2007 at 2:43 pm.http://www.textanonymous.com
Personally I feel £1.50 is a little extortionate to pay for an anonymous SMS, when websites like hoaxmail are doing it for around 30% of the price…
Posted by June Mayfair on May 3rd, 2007 at 4:29 pm.At the end of the day most SMS providers worth their salt will let you set the from number to be something else (subject to the usual T&Cs of course, one of which is usually ‘nothing illegal, fraudulent or pretending to be someone you’re not’.
That text will be costing them lets say 6p. Payout on a £1.50 is lets say 90p. 84p easy profit, not bad.
How much does Hoaxmail cost? I can’t find any details of their pricing on their website..
Posted by Alex on May 3rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm.“How much does Hoaxmail cost? I can’t find any details of their pricing on their website..”
You need to login and then click on ‘purchase’ down the right. I’ve found their rates to be pretty competitive and if you buy their largest package it works out at around 15p a text.
Posted by June Mayfair on May 4th, 2007 at 12:43 am.15p ain’t bad, but having to sign up for an account before finding out how much it costs is a bit of a downer.
Posted by Alex on May 4th, 2007 at 9:43 am.Sneaksms.com offers a much improved service at a fraction of the cost, and also includes many other sms features letting you send wap files, images, mp3 etc
Posted by Dan on May 15th, 2007 at 1:58 pm.Try this site out I think you will like it better:
http://www.anontext.com
No registration, no cost, all private.
Posted by David Johnson on May 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 am.Can you trace who these anonymous messages are coming from cause I’ve gotten a few that haven’t been very nice, and I really want to know who they are coming from. I have a sneaking suspicion it’s my ex-boyfriend, but no proof.
Posted by Melissa on May 27th, 2007 at 9:00 am.send me daily international news to my mobile as a text message.
Posted by mahatheer.j on June 8th, 2007 at 4:43 pm.i need to send anonymous txt message to philippines for free with this country code +886
Posted by earl edward on June 24th, 2007 at 5:34 am.You can text internationally using anontext.com, see the international link on the site.
Posted by David Johnson on July 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pm.CloakText (www.cloaktext.co.uk) is a new service, which lets you send anonymous texts straight from your phone (no signup, no need to be sat on the Net). I think it’s unique in that respect, is very easy to use, and costs only £1.00 per text. Check it out!
Posted by Dave Browne on September 17th, 2007 at 12:21 pm.Why on earth would you pay £1.50 for it? i have been using the free anonymous sms at http://phreakyphonez.net/web/webforum - sure you have to make a few posts to get access to it but once you have access it is unlimited and 100% and 100% anonymous
Posted by fred on September 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pm.CloakText (www.cloaktext.co.uk) is unique and different from all the above, as it’s the only one you can use straight from your phone anytime, anywhere. It’s also plugged directly into the UK’s mobile network, so delivery of texts is as guaranteed as it can be (which is not the case for international ‘free’ routes).
Posted by Dave Browne on September 26th, 2007 at 12:16 pm.Hi,
Posted by Nikki on October 23rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm.Why would you pay 1.5 quid for a text. Lazme.co.uk allows you to send anonymous messages for 20p from inside their website, once you have registered. And you can also choose when you want the message to be delivered.
Interestingly you may also want to receive sms replies when you send a message anonymously. This is possible from lazme.co.uk as well.
Basically they give you a mobile alias and you can send and receive messages using that alias. The speed of message delivery is instantaneous and a pretty reliable service.
Not really new tech when http://www.sharpmail.co.uk have been providing such a anonymous email service for over 9 years and Anonymous SMS service for over 4 years, they also have a replyable SMS service operated by a real accountable UK limited company. I would not hand over my anonaminity to any Sole Trader, heven knows what they will do with my data.
Posted by Danny on November 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm.