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What is a 4 digit text message number. If a text message is legitimate its usually from a number 10 digits or less. IMessage converts a 4 digit number to phone number format. Text messages from a 5 digit number are known as short code messages and typically come from businesses or services.
There is no history or evidence of the messages. Some of these scams are designed to spread malware and sometimes all that requires a tap or click on a link. Marketing messages are either sent from a six digit short code or a 10-digit commercial long code.
If youve added a recovery phone number to your account Google can text you a code. 52280 is one of the local Radio Stations for me. I have just checked out the Vodafone site.
6-Digit short code are limited to numbers between 200000 and. The text message is coming from a lengthy phone number or sketchy email address. Simply put the numbers in the contact area of a new text message or create anew contact with the 4 digit number in the phone number space it will send just like any other text.
If you get a text from a number. Short codes can also sometimes be 4-digits long. However even if it does you have no way of knowing whether its safe or not.
Imessage will change to 444-8 which then will be rejected. If its a lengthy random email address or the phone number is much longer than your average 10-digit phone number or common five or six-digit phone number it may be a text scam. These numbers are also very expensive 1000mo but you can get the same functionality using our Keywords feature for just a few bucks.