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by bell-cot 1509 days ago
Ah... I sense a very lucrative, low-ethics business model in providing "cheap one-time virtual [phone] numbers" to be used for security-sensitive purposes.
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Unfortunately, others have already beat you to it.

For example, https://cheapglobalsms.com/

I went a slightly different route --- an old spare phone with Ultra Mobile PayGo prepaid SIM. For $3 per month you get 100 minutes of voice, 100 texts and 100 MB data per month.

The reason for this is that some security providers throw a little kink in the works by actually making a call to verify your number on sign-up.