I contacted TextNow support and someone said I should change the account name and email address, and that it was a free account so no financial transactions were made with it. The telephone number assigned to this account has since expired. There was also a missed call from another telephone number. There was only a single text message thread that appears to be gibberish at first, but looks like tweets from Twitter accounts. The site only shows messages and calls received (unless deleted), but does not show what was sent or calls made from the account.

I was wondering, what benefit does someone have using my email address to create the account, and what kind of fraud / identity theft risks do I face? The way I found out was that I received an email from TextNow saying that the number assigned to the account would expire if I did not login and send a message using the number. It appears to be a service that allows you to make free phone calls and text messages. If you ever decide to begin using TextNow again, you'll need to sign up for a new account.Someone used my name and email address to create a free TextNow messaging and telephone account.

No, once you've submitted an account and data deletion request you will permanently lose access to the account.

Once you submit the request, you will be logged out and will no longer be able to use this account on TextNow.

Click the “ Delete My Account” button to confirm the request.

Make sure that the email displayed is the email address registered to the account you want to delete.

Select “ Request Account and Data Deletion”.

Click on the drop-down box under the Create a new request section.

Clicking the link will open the page shown below in a new tab (if you aren't already logged into your account through the web browser it will first ask you to log in). You can delete your TextNow account and the data associated with it by visiting the Data Rights Request Form page. Just look for the little purple bubble at the bottom of any Help Center page! How to Delete your Account Our chat hours are 10am-5:30pm (Eastern), every day. Our support team can help get you the information that you need to port out your number through Chat. If you are eligible to port out your phone number and want to continue using it with a new cellular provider, you'll need to complete the porting process before submitting a deletion request. This includes voicemails, text messages, and your phone number. If you want to delete your TextNow account, first you'll want to make sure that you save anything that you want to keep because you will immediately lose access to your account after submitting a deletion request.

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