Mexico · anonymous SMS
Send an anonymous text to a cell phone in Mexico
Ghost delivers your text to any Mexican mobile without showing your number. A standard text costs 2 credits ($0.40), there is no subscription, and you can send it from a browser on any phone or computer. Since 2019 every Mexican number has ten digits and no prefixes, so typing it right is simple once you know the rule.
What a text to Mexico costs
One SMS segment to a Mexican mobile costs 2 credits ($0.40). A segment holds 160 characters of plain text, and nothing is added to the start of texts to Mexico. Spanish fits the basic SMS alphabet better than most languages: ñ, ¿, ¡, é and ü are all in it. á, í, ó and ú are not, and any one of them switches the whole text to 70-character segments. The table shows what that does to the cost.
| Text | Characters | Encoding | Segments | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A short message | 82 characters | GSM-7 | 1 segment | 2 credits ($0.40) |
| A longer message | 275 characters | GSM-7 | 2 segments | 4 credits ($0.80) |
| Spanish, with ñ, ¿ and é | 82 characters | GSM-7 | 1 segment | 2 credits ($0.40) |
| Spanish, with í and á | 79 characters | UCS-2 | 2 segments | 4 credits ($0.80) |
| Spanish, short note with ó | 70 characters | UCS-2 | 1 segment | 2 credits ($0.40) |
Rates checked October 22, 2026. Rates for every country
How to type a Mexican mobile number
Written locally
xx xxxx xxxx
Type in Ghost
+52 xx xxxx xxxx
- Open Ghost in your browser or the Android app.
- Choose Mexico (+52) in the country list and type the mobile number.
- Write your text, check the credits shown under it, and send.
Choose Mexico, then type all ten digits. There is no 0 to drop: since August 2019 Mexico dials ten digits everywhere, the old 044 and 045 mobile prefixes are gone, and you no longer add a 1 after 52 for a mobile. Mobile and landline numbers look exactly the same, so make sure the number you have is a cell phone.
What the person in Mexico sees
- Texts to Mexico go out through Ghost’s international carrier partner from a US (+1) number. Mexican networks replace that sender, usually with a short code and sometimes with a random local number. Your own number is not shown.
- Nothing is added to the start of the text, and nothing in it says who you are unless you write it.
- Replying from their messages app does not reach you. If you want an answer, switch on a Reply Link: they open it in a browser and send you one reply, still without seeing your number.
- In 2024 Mexico’s mobile operators agreed with Profeco, the consumer agency, to filter texts sent by apps and services, including fraud, debt collection, advertising and pornography. A text that reads like an advert or a collection demand may not arrive.
- Carriers block numbers used to promote a political candidate or cause, so election messages are not an option.
Writing a text in Mexican Spanish
Mexicans text in Spanish. Most of its special characters are in the basic SMS alphabet; the vowels with an acute accent, except é, are the ones that change the segment size.
Spanish, with ñ, ¿ and é
Hola, ¿sigue disponible el departamento? Puedo ir a verlo mañana después de las 6.GSM-7, 82 characters, 1 segment: 2 credits ($0.40)
¿, ñ and é are all in the basic SMS alphabet, so this text stays at 160 characters a segment and fits in one.
Spanish, with í and á
Hola, ¿todavía tienes la bici? Te ofrezco 1500 pesos y paso por ella el sábado.UCS-2, 79 characters, 2 segments: 4 credits ($0.80)
Switched to UCS-2 by: í á
í and á are outside the basic alphabet. Either one switches the whole text to 70-character segments, and this one is too long for a single segment. Writing todavia and sabado keeps it in one.
Spanish, short note with ó
Hola, soy su vecino del 4B. Su coche se quedó con las luces prendidas.UCS-2, 70 characters, 1 segment: 2 credits ($0.40)
Switched to UCS-2 by: ó
The ó switches this note to 70-character segments, and it fits in exactly one. One more character, or an emoji, would push it into a second.
When people in Mexico keep their number private
Renting a place
Inmuebles24 is Mexico’s most visited property site, and Vivanuncios, run by the same group, is another big one for homes. A first text through Ghost lets you ask about the rent, the deposit or a viewing time before your number is on a stranger’s phone.
Buying and selling second-hand
Classifieds sites and Facebook Marketplace put you in touch with sellers you have never met. Use Ghost to ask whether the item is still available and agree a price and a meeting point, and give your own number only when you are ready. Describe the place in words: Ghost texts cannot contain links.
A note to a neighbor
Letting the neighbor in 4B know their car lights are on, or that their dog barks all night, is easier without a reply thread on your own phone. Keep it polite: the law below is about what you write, not about the hidden number.
Mexican law on anonymous texts
No federal law we found makes texting without showing your number an offence in itself. What you write is what matters: article 282 of the Federal Penal Code punishes threatening someone “de cualquier modo” (in any way), and article 199 Octies, added in 2021, punishes sharing intimate images of an adult without their consent. Each of the 31 states and Mexico City also has its own penal code with its own offences. For advertising, the Federal Consumer Protection Law lets people refuse marketing by any means (article 17) and set up Profeco’s REPEP do-not-contact register (article 18).
Got a text you did not want?
Mexico has no number for forwarding scam texts. If a text is an extortion attempt or another crime, report it to 089, the anonymous reporting line; in an emergency call 911. Unwanted advertising can be cut down by registering your number on Profeco’s REPEP, at 55 9628 0000, 800 962 8000 or online. To stop texts sent through Ghost, add your number on the stop page.
Questions and answers
A text of up to 160 plain characters costs 2 credits ($0.40). Longer texts are charged per segment, and a single á, í, ó, ú or emoji shortens each segment to 70 characters. Ghost shows the cost before you send.
No. Since August 2019 you type only the ten-digit number after +52, for mobiles and landlines alike, and the old 044 and 045 prefixes are gone too.
Not yours. Ghost sends texts to Mexico from a US (+1) number, and Mexican networks replace it, usually with a short code and sometimes with a random local number. Nothing identifies you unless you put it in the text.
Not by replying in their messages app: the number they see does not lead back to you. Add a Reply Link when you send, and they can open it in a browser and send you one reply within 7 days, without seeing your number.
No federal law we found makes hiding your number an offence. Threatening someone is an offence under article 282 of the Federal Penal Code whatever number shows, state penal codes add their own offences, and Ghost hides your number from the recipient, not from lawful requests by the authorities.
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