How do I get a US phone number for credit card verification?

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,

I've been out of the credit game for a minute and I'm just now starting to get my groove back. I live in Paris and when applying for credit I always run into problems because I don't have a US phone number for verification purposes. I've been using my mother's number as a work around but that has caused even more problems. Does anyone know where I can get a cheap US number that has a call forwarding option to an international number? 

[OmarR]

Have you tried Google Voice? I don't know if that would work for verification purposes.

[Kforce]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap US number that has a call forwarding option to an international number? 

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Many "Sip" / Internet packet based phone service providers.

Callcentric.com

https://www.callcentric.com/

Cost about $2 a month plus 1.5c a minute.

Load funds, calls subtracted by length of time (minutes) from account balance.

[ChargedUp]

I used a MagicJack for years. You can order it online and have a US number that you can answer and make calls from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Just use your mothers address for location most used and it'll offer a number from that area.

[Anonymous]

Google Voice works with many credit card companies but more and more they are shooting down Google Voice and any other number that is tied to IP telephony. I ran into problems with both Synchrony and Capital One when using my Google Voice number for verification and I've had it since 2007/2008 when it was still Grand Central. 

[Anonymous]

Why not just have your Mother get a cellphone from a US carrier in your name using her locale? 

[Anonymous]

I can't advise what to use, but make sure whatever option you choose can receive and send text messages.