Q&A for How to Send an Anonymous Text

No, that's why apps are preferable. Also, many sites charge to send anonymous texts, whereas apps are free.

Yes, you can track them down. You need to go to the police station so that they can help you track down the IP address of the phone, and they will have the resources needed to do this effectively.

It shouldn't. The 'Sent' message record is kept on the sending phone's records. The only time a message is returned to a sending phone is when it fails, destination is unreachable, etc.

That depends upon whether you use an app or an anonymous text messenger through a website. If you use an app, notifications from that app (if notifications are turned on) should appear in the notification bar like a normal text message.

Using iMessage with a Verizon carrier, it does work.

It depends on what app you use. Some apps only let your receiver view the message but others let you text back and have a proper conversation.

Yahoo or any other Web-based mails are NOT linked to your phone number unless you give it to them for purposes such as password recovery. If you're using another phone, it'll only show up if you add it to Contacts.

Nothing is ever really deleted out in cyberspace. For most things "delete" is a myth and only "hides it from view." The ID of a phone and its location are recorded. The routing logs to get to and from a web server are recorded. You need special tools/training to truly hide yourself out on the internet.

Not at first. If you go to a site and send a text using a "fake" phone number, there's no way the receiver could have already blocked it. But, if they don't like the text, they can block that new, fake number too. So, you'd have to repeat the process with a new fake number.

Yes. They can use any of the reverse lookup sites to find your name. If they already know your number and have you in their contact list, your name will appear anyway. Entering their number instead of their name only makes your task more difficult, it has no effect on the recipient.

It depends on the service provider and the regulatory environment in the territory where the service resides, and whether that service provider uses its own equipment or a hosting provider for handling the communications between itself and visitors who view its webpages. Many online services are required to store communications logs for a number of years just in case the authorities want to investigate someone or something.

Yes. If you are in the US, you type *67 or 67* and then the phone number. The person receiving the call will receive a call from anonymous, or unknown number.

Yes. The app will send a message straight to their phone from a random number.

Use an online app, like Roboshout. Other apps can be downloaded on your phone as well.

Use an app like Hushed or an online app like Roboshout. It will not be on your phone bill.

You will not know it. Cell phones do not connect to the Internet for SMS messages, so do not have an IP address. Cell phones use a phone's ESN and phone number as identification for these messages.