Anonymous phone number, using personal phone?

Is there any way to use a personal phone to make and receive calls anonymously without purchasing a new phone and calling plan? There are many capable and affordable calling apps for iOS and Android (Burner, Viber, Skype), yet all would still send and receive through my personal connection to the cellular data provider. Maybe the likelihood of investigators sending a subpoena to such companies in order to identify the 'burner' phone number of, for example, a small-time ( < $1000 ) drug reseller? Any insight is appreciated, thanks

tl;dr Is there a way to make/receive calls with (realistic) anonymity via a personal cell phone?


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[2 Points] ShulginsCat:

Not sure about phone calls, but you can receive SMS through a website (EDIT: with an anonymous phone number). Run that through VPN / tor / public wifi and you should be relatively anonymous. Google for "Receive SMS online"


[1 Points] footlockervip:

why not purchase a burner... dont get it. why take a chance with any inbetween. you can get prepaids for 9.99 with 9.99 mial in rebates lol. or pay a crackhead 20 bucks for their obama phone.

seriously though i never understood people who sell drugs with their phone they got on contract lol. walk into any metro pcs give a phoney nameif they ask for id throw the dude 10 dollars, guaranteed to work any time.

only the corporate stores seem to do that though. the authorized resellers do anything for a sale.


[1 Points] MLP_is_my_OPSEC:

Purchasing a burner phone would be your best bet. Any app that provides the "comfort" of a burner requires your real number for activation.


[1 Points] BrotherMidas:

It's highly recommended to just get a burner. You can pick up a net10 phone or something for $10. If it's really not an option just route your phone traffic through a VPN.


[1 Points] dabdude13:

Go to google you can get a new number to your phone for free my old lady used it when I was locked up a long distance away you can pick the area you want that number from and its free hope this helps


[0 Points] walt81:

google voice app