Acceptable Use Policy

1. What you can use TempSMSVerify for

You may use TempSMSVerify numbers for lawful purposes that respect the rights of others and the rules of the services you sign up for, such as:

• Verifying your own accounts on apps and websites without sharing your personal phone number.
• Keeping personal, work and project accounts separate.
• Protecting your privacy and reducing spam and unwanted calls to your real number.
• Testing SMS verification flows in software you build or are authorized to test.
• Getting a code from a country where you do not have a local number, for a service you are entitled to use.

2. Strictly prohibited

You may not use TempSMSVerify, directly or through the API, to:

• Commit or facilitate fraud, scams, phishing, money laundering or any other illegal activity.
• Impersonate another person or organization, or open accounts in someone else's name without permission.
• Harass, threaten, stalk or abuse anyone.
• Send spam or create fake accounts in bulk, including for fake reviews, fake engagement, vote manipulation or bot networks.
• Evade bans, suspensions, identity checks or limits imposed by a platform on you or your accounts.
• Open, access or take over bank, payment, credit, crypto exchange, government or benefits accounts that are not legitimately yours, or abuse promotions, sign-up bonuses or referral programs.
• Create, store or distribute illegal content, including child sexual abuse material, or content that promotes violence or terrorism.
• Resell numbers or access in violation of these rules, or present TempSMSVerify numbers as your own long-term phone service.
• Scrape, overload, reverse engineer or probe the website or API, share API keys, or try to bypass rate limits, payments or security controls.
• Abuse the refund or ticket process, for example by filing false claims about codes that were received.

3. Third-party rules

Many apps and websites have their own rules about phone numbers and accounts. You are responsible for following them. A number working with a service does not mean that service allows your intended use.

4. Enforcement

We monitor for abuse using order patterns, payment signals and reports from users, providers and platforms. If we reasonably believe this policy has been broken, we may, without prior notice:

• Cancel active numbers or refuse new purchases.
• Rate-limit or revoke API keys.
• Suspend or permanently close the account and any related accounts.
• Report the activity to law enforcement or affected parties where appropriate or required.

5. What happens to your balance

For minor or first-time issues, we may simply warn you or limit features. If an account is closed for a serious violation, such as fraud, we may withhold the remaining balance to cover losses, chargebacks, fees or investigation costs, to the extent permitted by law. If there is no fraud or loss involved, we will review any remaining balance case by case under our Refund Policy. Funds subject to a legal order or investigation may be held until it is resolved.

If you believe we made a mistake, reply to our notice or contact [email protected] with details and we will review it.

6. Reporting abuse

If you think a TempSMSVerify number was used to harm you or someone else, email [email protected] with the phone number, the date and time, the service involved and a short description. We review every report and, where appropriate, act on the account involved and cooperate with lawful requests from authorities. We will not share the user's personal data with the reporter unless the law requires it.