PayPal security checks: SMS codes, text replies and calls differ
Read the PayPal prompt: entering a received code differs from replying to a text or answering a call.
Quote snapshot: 2026-10-23 04:17 (UTC+8). Prices are indicative activation starting prices in USD, converted using the site's configured exchange rate. Your balance, top-ups and order charges are in CNY. Confirm the final quote and CNY debit before purchasing. This snapshot may be stale. Check the picker for current quotes.
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Read the exact PayPal security challenge
PayPal lists several possible checks: a text, a phone call, an email, questions about personal information or confirmation of a card already associated with the account. A new device or unusual sign-in can trigger one. SMS4U only receives incoming texts. It cannot answer a call, confirm a card, establish identity or change PayPal's financial-account decision. Do not order a number when the current screen is asking for a different task.
Even PayPal's text checks differ. One can contain a six-digit code to type on the site; another may ask you to reply with a number to approve activity. SMS4U cannot send a reply text to PayPal, so a reply-required challenge is outside its capability. A payment account you plan to keep should have a phone and email you can control beyond one activation window.
PayPal country offers
Prices show SMS4U activation stock only. PayPal may require a text reply, phone call or another identity check, which SMS4U cannot perform.
| Countries and regions | Calling code | Activation from (USD) | Rental periods | Get number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | +976 | USD $0.075 | — | |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| Chad | +235 | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| Senegal | +221 | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| Ethiopia | +251 | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| Guinea | +224 | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| Nepal | +977 | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| Iraq | +964 | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| Indonesia | +62 | USD $0.0833 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Oman | +968 | USD $0.0875 | — | |
| Tanzania | +255 | USD $0.1111 | — | |
| Chile | +56 | USD $0.1181 | — | |
| Brazil | +55 | USD $0.1222 | 7 days | |
| Morocco | +212 | USD $0.1264 | — | |
| Vietnam | +84 | USD $0.1264 | — | |
| Cameroon | +237 | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| Bolivia | +591 | USD $0.1361 | — | |
| Philippines | +63 | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| Tajikistan | +992 | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| India | +91 | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| Kazakhstan | +7 | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| South Africa | +27 | USD $0.1639 | — | |
| Albania | +355 | USD $0.1833 | — | |
| Saint Lucia | +1758 | USD $0.1833 | — | |
| Kenya | +254 | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| Colombia | +57 | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| Hong Kong | +852 | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| Thailand | +66 | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| Malawi | +265 | USD $0.1903 | — | |
| United Kingdom (England) | +44 | USD $0.1917 | 1 / 3 / 7 / 14 days | |
| French Guiana | +594 | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Guinea-Bissau | +245 | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Puertorico | +1 | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Rwanda | +250 | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Uruguay | +598 | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Madagascar | +261 | USD $0.1958 | — | |
| Argentina | +54 | USD $0.2069 | — | |
| Cambodia | +855 | USD $0.2097 | — | |
| Laos | +856 | USD $0.2111 | — | |
| Nigeria | +234 | USD $0.2194 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Swaziland | +268 | USD $0.2333 | — | |
| Jamaica | +1 | USD $0.2403 | — | |
| Moldova | +373 | USD $0.2403 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Sri Lanka | +94 | USD $0.2403 | — | |
| Hungary | +36 | USD $0.2486 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Liberia | +231 | USD $0.2486 | — | |
| Macau | +853 | USD $0.2486 | — | |
| Papua New Guinea | +675 | USD $0.2486 | — | |
| Ukraine | +380 | USD $0.2486 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Canada | +1 | USD $0.25 | — | |
| Israel | +972 | USD $0.25 | — | |
| Kyrgyzstan | +996 | USD $0.25 | — | |
| Romania | +40 | USD $0.25 | — | |
| Italy | +39 | USD $0.2528 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Mexico | +52 | USD $0.2583 | — | |
| Algeria | +213 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Armenia | +374 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Austria | +43 | USD $0.2611 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Benin | +229 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Botswana | +267 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Bulgaria | +359 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Congo | +243 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| DR Congo | +243 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Ecuador | +593 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Ivory Coast | +225 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Jordan | +962 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Libya | +218 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Mali | +223 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Mauritania | +222 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Myanmar | +95 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Namibia | +264 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Nicaragua | +505 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Norway | +47 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Pakistan | +92 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Serbia | +381 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Slovakia | +421 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Suriname | +597 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Tunisia | +216 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| Zambia | +260 | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| United States | +1 | USD $0.2653 | 1 / 3 / 7 / 14 days | |
| Angola | +244 | USD $0.275 | — | |
| Afghanistan | +93 | USD $0.2806 | — | |
| Haiti | +509 | USD $0.2806 | — | |
| Guatemala | +502 | USD $0.2833 | — | |
| Cuba | +53 | USD $0.2847 | — | |
| Australia | +61 | USD $0.2861 | — | |
| Malaysia | +60 | USD $0.2875 | 1 days | |
| Bahrain | +973 | USD $0.2944 | — | |
| Egypt | +20 | USD $0.2944 | — | |
| Qatar | +974 | USD $0.2944 | — | |
| Germany | +49 | USD $0.3097 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Greece | +30 | USD $0.3097 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Portugal | +351 | USD $0.3097 | 1 days | |
| Salvador | +503 | USD $0.3097 | — | |
| France | +33 | USD $0.3167 | 1 / 7 days | |
| Honduras | +504 | USD $0.3319 | — | |
| Burkina Faso | +226 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Burundi | +257 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Cape Verde | +238 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Costa Rica | +506 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Dominican Republic | +1 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| East Timor | +670 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Equatorial Guinea | +240 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Gabon | +241 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Gambia | +220 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Guyana | +592 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Mozambique | +258 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Niger | +227 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| North Macedonia | +389 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | +1784 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Sierra Leone | +232 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Somalia | +252 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| South Sudan | +211 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | +1 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Togo | +228 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Uganda | +256 | USD $0.3333 | — | |
| Peru | +51 | USD $0.3347 | — | |
| Ghana | +233 | USD $0.3417 | — | |
| Slovenia | +386 | USD $0.3431 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Venezuela | +58 | USD $0.3458 | — | |
| Georgia | +995 | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| Maldives | +960 | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| Mauritius | +230 | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| Montenegro | +382 | USD $0.3625 | — | |
| Bangladesh | +880 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Bhutan | +975 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Czechia | +420 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Estonia | +372 | USD $0.3694 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Japan | +81 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Poland | +48 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Saudi Arabia | +966 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Taiwan,China | +886 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| UAE | +971 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Uzbekistan | +998 | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| Paraguay | +595 | USD $0.375 | — | |
| Netherlands | +31 | USD $0.3833 | 1 / 3 / 7 / 14 days | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | +387 | USD $0.4139 | — | |
| Sudan | +249 | USD $0.4153 | — | |
| Latvia | +371 | USD $0.4236 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Sweden | +46 | USD $0.4292 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Belgium | +32 | USD $0.4583 | — | |
| Grenada | +1 | USD $0.4694 | — | |
| Panama | +507 | USD $0.4708 | — | |
| Lesotho | +266 | USD $0.4861 | — | |
| Croatia | +385 | USD $0.4889 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Cyprus | +357 | USD $0.4889 | — | |
| Eritrea | +291 | USD $0.4917 | — | |
| Montserrat | +1 | USD $0.4917 | — | |
| Ireland | +353 | USD $0.5111 | — | |
| Lithuania | +370 | USD $0.5417 | — | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | +1268 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Aruba | +297 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Barbados | +1246 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Dominica | +1 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| New Caledonia | +687 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Republic of Seychelles | +248 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Syria | +963 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Turkey | +90 | USD $0.55 | — | |
| Spain | +34 | USD $0.5708 | 1 / 3 / 7 days | |
| Kuwait | +965 | USD $0.5806 | — | |
| Djibouti | +253 | USD $0.6333 | — | |
| Reunion | +262 | USD $0.6333 | — | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | +1869 | USD $0.6333 | — | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | +239 | USD $0.6333 | — | |
| Belarus | +375 | USD $0.6694 | — | |
| Iran | +98 | USD $0.6694 | — | |
| Turkmenistan | +993 | USD $0.6694 | — | |
| Denmark | +45 | USD $0.7292 | — | |
| Guadeloupe | +590 | USD $0.7597 | — | |
| Finland | +358 | USD $0.85 | — | |
| Switzerland | +41 | USD $0.9181 | — | |
| New Zealand | +64 | USD $0.9903 | — | |
| Luxembourg | +352 | USD $1.2181 | — | |
| Gibraltar | +350 | USD $2.20 | — |
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Order only for a code-entry SMS route
If PayPal actually offers to send a code to a new number you may enter, match the account country, calling code and number format before comparing country stock. Obtain the number first, then request the code for the current action and watch Active orders. PayPal codes expire; resend only if its own screen allows it. A new activation cannot intercept a code addressed to a phone already bound to the account.
A number mismatch, a failed security check and a missing text need different responses. PayPal explains that some errors may arise when account name or address details do not match mobile-billing information; an activation cannot correct that identity data. If a text was clearly sent but did not arrive, check the exact number, order time and resend interval. The table is a stock snapshot; the picker shows the live pool, duration and final CNY debit.
Keep financial account recovery independent of an activation
PayPal may ask for another check during a later sign-in, payment or security event. A short-lived activation cannot promise future access. Maintain contact details you personally control and use PayPal's official route when it requires a call, email or identity information. Receiving an SMS code does not mean a payment, account status or identity check has been approved.
Use the US or UK guide only if that country matches PayPal's present form. Never disclose a security code or use a number to access an account that is not yours.
Sources and further reading
Platform rules can change. Follow the verification options shown in your current app session. The following official resources support the specific conditions discussed in this guide.