Ria SMS Verification

Sending money to family abroad? A virtual number can help with the Ria SMS verification, but identity checks at this transfer service always use your own documents.

Ria Money Transfer is an international remittance company founded in New York in 1987 and owned since 2006 by US-based Euronet Worldwide, with headquarters in Buena Park, California. It serves customers through agents, its own stores, its website and a mobile app, and reported more than 639,000 locations at the end of 2025. Phone verification may be requested in the app to protect money movements.

A virtual number only helps you receive the SMS code; under anti-money-laundering rules, your Ria account is verified in your own name with your ID. In practice it makes sense mainly as a short-term option for someone who has just moved to a new country, has no local line yet and needs to send money home.

Tying an account that moves money to a short-lived number is risky: transfer confirmations, password resets and alerts may go to that same number. If you use Ria regularly, switch to your permanent number. Never send money to strangers for a 'prize', 'shipping fee' or 'investment'; scammers often ask victims to pay through transfer services.