SMS Faker is an Android app developed by Tizian Hösch.

SMS Faker first became available on 22 Dec 2011. It is estimated that SMS Faker has been downloaded between 100000 and 500000 times from the Play Store.

SMS Faker 2.0 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read SMS messages.

Allows access to the vibrator.