Identity · October 2026

Anonymous email without a phone number

An anonymous email account is one you can open without a phone number, without another email address and without a card. It is the first thing most other sign-ups ask for, so it sets the ceiling on the privacy of everything built on top.

Providers differ on whether sign-up works over Tor, what they demand when their abuse filter triggers, how mail is encrypted at rest and which country’s courts they answer to.

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Email, ranked by Safety grade

Must have

No phone number 13 No email needed 12 5+ years operating 10 No account needed 9 Tor onion address 7 Company named 7 Open source 4 ID never required 3 Accepts Monero 3 Accepts cash 3 No-logs policy 3

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have nobody accountable 5 require an email 3

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Anonymous email without a phone number: KYC level, Privacy grade, Safety grade and evidence level
#	Service	KYC	Privacy	Safety	Evidence	Accepts	Incidents
01	LNemail No account needed Open source Anonymous email accounts paid over Bitcoin Lightning, 1,000 sats per year	Never KYC 0	8.5	5.7	Docs reviewed	BTC	0
02	Mailum Tor onion address Accepts Monero No account needed Open source Encrypted webmail with no phone or ID at signup; formerly branded CyberFear	Not mentioned KYC 1	7.8	5.4	Docs reviewed	BTCXMR	0
03	cock.li Tor onion address No account needed Free, donation-funded email host with irreverent domains and Tor access	Not mentioned KYC 1	7.0	4.8	Docs reviewed		1
04	NeroMail Accepts Monero No account needed Disposable receive-only email address, extendable to 60 minutes for Monero	Never KYC 0	8.4	4.6	Docs reviewed	XMR	0
05	ghostBox Tor onion address Small one-time-payment mailbox with IMAP, POP3, SMTP and webmail	Not mentioned KYC 1	6.9	4.6	Docs reviewed		0

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What we check for every email provider

Sign-up without phone or recovery email
Tor access and onion address
Encryption at rest and open-source clients
Jurisdiction and transparency reports

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1 Jun 2025

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Data leak cock.li

Reported theft of about one million user records through retired webmail software

Security press reported in June 2025 that an attacker exploited the Roundcube webmail platform used by cock.li and offered the resulting databases for sale. According to the service's own statement as reported, records for an estimated 1,023,800 users who had logged in to webmail since 2016 were exposed, with contact entries for a further subset; passwords, email content and IP addresses were not included. The service removed Roundcube entirely.

Outcome unknown Source: bleepingcomputer.com ↗

Questions

Email: common questions

How do I create an email without a phone number?

Choose a provider that never asks for one. Sign up with only a username and password, skip the optional recovery fields, and store the password and any recovery code in a password manager. The providers on this page are sorted with those that need the least first.

Which email providers do not ask for a phone number?

Several never ask. Others ask only when sign-up comes from a VPN or Tor address. The sign-up field on each listing states which.

Is encrypted email anonymous?

Encryption protects the content of your mailbox. Anonymity depends on what the provider learned about you at sign-up and whether you connect over Tor or a VPN.

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