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How to Verify Epic Games Without Using Your Personal Phone Number

Epic Games (Fortnite, the Epic Games Store) offers phone-based two-factor authentication and, on some accounts, asks for phone verification to lift restrictions or confirm account recovery. Managing a second account, testing an integration, or just not wanting your personal number tied to a gaming account are all common reasons to use a rented number instead.

Steps

  1. Rent a number for Epic Games — an instant rental is enough for a one-time verification.
  2. In your Epic Games account settings, under password & security, enter the rented number when prompted for phone verification.
  3. Epic Games sends a verification code by SMS within seconds on a working number.
  4. Enter the code from your rentals status page to complete verification.

Instant or monthly?

An instant rental covers the one-time verification. Monthly only makes sense if you expect Epic Games to text that number again later — not typical for this kind of account-level verification.


Originally published at flo-voice1.com

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