- Short code
- 202
- Type
- Short dial code
- Operated by
- O2 (Virgin Media O2)
- Cost
- Free
- Category
- Mobile network self-service codes
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
What 202 is for
Dialling 202 from your own O2 SIM lets O2 identify your account straight away. From a landline the equivalent is 0344 809 0202 at standard UK rate; from abroad it is +44 7860 980 202.
Pay as you go customers use 4445 instead.
What it costs
Free. Free from an O2 mobile in the UK and when roaming in O2's Europe Zone.
Call 202 — how it works
- Dial 202 free from your O2 phone.
- Pay as you go: dial 4445. Top-ups: dial 4444.
Is 202 safe, and is it spoofed?
O2 will never call you and ask for your password or a one-time code. If a caller claims to be O2 and pressures you, hang up and dial 202 yourself.
If a text or call is trying to rush you, threaten you, or get a password, one-time code or payment out of you, it is a scam whatever number it shows. Read our guide to the UK number ranges scammers use and how to spot a smishing text, and forward anything suspicious free to 7726.
Where this came from
We do not guess short codes. Every entry in this directory was checked against the organisation that runs the code, or against gov.uk or the regulator:
Checked against this source on 13 August 2026. Short codes and their charges do change — if the operator’s page now says something different, believe the operator.
Checking an ordinary number instead
Short codes are not in Ofcom’s numbering data — only full UK numbers are. If it is a normal 01, 02, 03, 07, 08 or 09 number you want to identify, put it into the phone number checker and you will get its type, its area and the provider Ofcom allocated the range to.
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