imo wants a phone number, and it does not take no for an answer. No code, no charge: nothing is billed for a number that stays silent. So borrow one — choose a market in SMS For U, give the number to imo, and the imo code arrives in your account by itself, seconds after imo sends it. 1,400 services sit in the same catalogue, with numbers from markets across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
How you get your code
- Look imo up in the SMS For U catalogue.
- Take a country from the ones the app is offering for imo today.
- Confirm the order; the imo number is live from that second.
- Type it in at the registration screen on first start on imo and ask to be sent the code.
- The code turns up in your SMS For U account unprompted — copy it into imo and you are through.
Why a phone number is asked for
imo is built around a phone number: it is the account name, the key your contacts reach you by and the thing you sign in with. imo asks for it on the very first screen, the moment you open the app. The number goes in at: the registration screen on first start. imo normally asks for the number once and does not come back to it afterwards.
What the code looks like
imo sends a short numeric code by SMS. Whatever imo texts to the number is delivered into your SMS For U account automatically, a few seconds behind imo, with nothing to forward. Codes from imo go stale fast; use it as soon as it lands rather than later. One number normally carries one imo account.
What can go wrong
imo accepts numbers without a physical SIM in most cases. Even so, no number works for imo every single time. If imo turns one down, cancel and take a different country. Read none of this as imo committing to anything. We keep success numbers off the page on purpose: they age faster than the page does.
Countries we serve
The 50 markets below are the ones we buy imo numbers in. They are examples of where we work and nothing more: a market on this list can still be empty for imo by lunchtime, because ranges get used up and refilled all day. So take the list as our reach, and take the country screen in the app as the answer to "can I have an imo number from here right now" — only the app knows that.
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Poland
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Ireland
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Iceland
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Colombia
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Turkey
- Ukraine
Common questions
How do I get an imo verification code without my own SIM card?
Open SMS For U, search for imo and pick a country. You get a real phone number, you enter it at imo (the registration screen on first start), and the code imo sends appears in your SMS For U account by itself. No SIM card is involved, and the imo number is not yours to keep.
How fast does the imo code arrive?
The imo code appears in your account within seconds of imo sending it. How long imo itself takes is up to imo and to the country the number comes from, which is why nothing here is worded as a promise.
What happens if no imo code arrives?
You do not pay for an imo number that brought no code. Cancel the order in the app and the payment is refunded as soon as the cancellation is confirmed. That is the whole rule, and it is why a failed imo attempt costs nothing: no code, no charge.
Which countries can I use for imo?
imo numbers come from the 50 markets listed on this page. Which of them can be picked for imo at this moment is on the country screen in the app: that list moves through the day, and a page in a search index cannot keep up with it.
Can I use the same number for imo again later?
A used imo number is not reserved for you indefinitely. imo normally does not come back to it after sign-up, but if you need lasting access to the imo account, use a number of your own.