Leboncoin asks for your phone number: what to know
In short
- Leboncoin now needs a verified mobile number to let you into your account, to fight fraud.
- A number can’t be on two accounts, unless one is private and the other professional.
- Changing the number later needs a code to the old one, or a bill for the old line and ID.
Leboncoin asks for your mobile number before you can use your account, for security and to fight fraud.
How it works
Enter your mobile number and choose to validate it. Leboncoin texts a code; type it in to get into your account. If it doesn’t come, ask it to send another.
One number per account
The number can’t already be on another leboncoin account, unless one account is private and the other professional.
Changing the number later
With access to your old number, change it in your account details: leboncoin texts a code to the old number first. Without access, customer service asks for the old and new numbers, a bill for the old line from its network, and a copy of your ID.
If you’d rather not give a number
Leboncoin’s only alternative is deleting the account, which you do from a web browser, with a code sent by email.
Use your own number here
Because changing leboncoin’s number later needs the old number or a bill for it, a one-time number from ReserveSMS is a poor fit for a leboncoin account: once its 20-minute window ends, you’d have neither. Use a mobile number you own. Leboncoin also says it never asks for your codes or passwords by email, call or text.
Common questions
Why does leboncoin need my phone number?
For security and to fight fraud: leboncoin now needs a verified mobile number before it lets you into your account.
Can I use the same number on two leboncoin accounts?
Only if one is a private account and the other a professional one.
How do I change my number on leboncoin without the old one?
Through customer service, with the old and new numbers, a bill for the old line, and a copy of your ID.