I have tried to validate my account through SMS numerous times and have faced the same issue every time. I enter my number, and everything looks fine, the website claims to have sent me the code but in reality, it did not (resending does not work either). I tried it with my mother's and my friend's phone number as well but I faced the exact same problem. My friend who lives in the same country as me did it and it worked for me so it is clearly an internal issue. Please fix this ASAP because I am not the only one facing this problem and it is ruining the experience for multiple players.