A user reports being unable to register or log into Telegram with a recycled phone number because OTP verification codes are routed to the previous owner's session.

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    "summary": "A user reports being unable to register or log into Telegram with a recycled phone number because OTP verification codes are routed to the previous owner's session.",
    "category": "usability",
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        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/1w1c2xo/comment/p6kns6x/",
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        "author": "edideas",
        "excerpt": "A provider can’t help you with this.\nIs the new number active?\nCan you send and receive texts on it? Have you tried to do that (not iMessage or RCS)",
        "posted_at": "2026-08-29T08:22:38.000Z",
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      "[post] I bought a sim card last year and sadly it was recycled and the number is already registered to telegram.",
      "[post] Each other i tried to login into my secondary number it always sends the otp code to the previous owner which i don't know. Is there any way to takeover it?"
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    "post_text": "I bought a sim card last year and sadly it was recycled and the number is already registered to telegram. I need it because my primary number was banned from Telegram. Each other i tried to login into my secondary number it always sends the otp code to the previous owner which i don't know. Is there any way to takeover it? Or do I need to contact the provider about these issues?",
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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/128ed227-e17f-5299-a109-5bb2f5ffff81 \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"telegram.im","limit":20}'