How to verify Telegram without your own SIM

Telegram signs you up with a phone number. A rented number receives the SMS code, once.

Before you start

Create an account here and verify your email address.

Add money to your wallet by bank transfer. Prices are in naira.

Open the catalogue, choose Telegram, and pick a country with a number in stock.

The price is held in your wallet while the order is open.

In Telegram, enter the number exactly as your order screen shows it, with its country code.

Telegram may first try to send the code to another device signed in to that number. A rented number has none, so ask for the code by SMS.

Enter the code from your order screen, then set a Telegram password under two-step verification.

When the order’s countdown ends without a code, the hold is released and you pay nothing.

You can also cancel the number on the order screen once Cancel is available, then order a fresh number.