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mobile-phonesverificationconfirm

Programmatically confirm the existence of a mobile number


How do I confirm that a phone number is legit, or that it is connected? I want to prevent users signing up with bogus numbers.

Is there a way to programmatically make a call or something? Or find out if the phone is alive, connected?


Solution

  • The only way you can be sure that the phone number is actually connected is to send them a text-message with a unique verification-key and then have them enter that in your web-form.