LegalTerms of use
Last updated 2026-03-20
1Agreement Framework
These Terms govern your access to smsape.com (the “Website”) and the SMS verification tools provided by SMSAPE(“we”, “us”, “our”). By creating an account, adding balance, renting a number, or starting an activation, you agree to follow these Terms.
If you do not accept them, do not use the Website or the Service.
2Policy Modifications
We may revise these Terms to reflect product changes, provider requirements, security needs, or legal updates. When we do, the latest version will be posted here with a refreshed “Last updated” date.
3Who can use the Service
SMSAPE is for adults. You confirm that you are at least 18 years old (or older, if your jurisdiction sets a higher age of majority) and that you can enter into a binding contract under the law that applies to you. If either of those is not true, the account must not be created.
4What we provide
4.1 The Service in plain terms
We make temporary virtual phone numbers available so you can receive inbound SMS messages — typically the one-time codes that other apps send during signup or login.
4.2 What we do not control
Whether a given number actually clears a code depends on factors outside our system: the rules the destination platform applies to virtual numbers, the upstream telecom carrier, regional routing decisions, and risk checks performed on the sender side. The same number may succeed for one service and be filtered by another within minutes.
5How the Service is offered, and how it must not be used
Everything is delivered as-is and as-available. Routing is monitored and tuned regularly, but real-world delivery still varies by country, operator, and the receiving platform's anti-abuse posture on any given day.
5.1 Disallowed uses
The Service must not be used to:
- commit fraud, deceive third parties, or anything otherwise unlawful;
- register accounts in bulk through automation or run spam operations;
- circumvent security controls or anti-abuse systems on platforms that do not authorize you;
- harass, impersonate, or otherwise infringe the rights of another person;
- verify on a platform whose own terms prohibit virtual or temporary numbers.
Where we detect that a line has been crossed, the corresponding account can be suspended without prior notice and any remaining balance may be forfeited.
6Financial-sector verifications are off-limits
Banks, payment processors, custodians, and crypto exchanges enforce strict identity rules, and using a virtual number to bypass them creates risk for everyone involved. SMSAPE numbers must not be used to verify any financial-sector account. The category covers, without limitation:
- retail and corporate banking, credit cards, and credit lines;
- payment processors and digital wallets such as PayPal, Stripe, Wise, and equivalents;
- cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, brokerage accounts, and trading platforms;
- insurance, lending, peer-to-peer credit, and investment products.
Attempts to use the Service for any of the above are a Terms violation and can result in permanent loss of access.
7What you are responsible for
7.1 Keeping your account secure
You alone are responsible for the security of your login credentials and for everything that happens under your account, including any activations purchased and any rules broken from it.
7.2 Following the law that applies to you
Whether and how SMSAPE may be used depends on the legal regime where you live or operate. Confirming compliance with local, national, and international rules is your job, not ours.
8Payments
Top-ups are processed by external payment partners. We accept cryptocurrency and selected digital payment methods. When you start a transaction, the partner's own terms and any associated processing fees apply alongside ours.
How balances, top-ups, and credits behave is described in the Payment & Refund Policy; that document forms part of these Terms and should be read together with them.
9Account balance and credits
When an activation does not deliver an SMS, the corresponding amount is normally returned as a credit on your SMSAPE balance rather than as a withdrawal to an external wallet. Balance credits are linked to the account, cannot be transferred, and have no value outside the platform.
10Limits on our liability
10.1 Availability
We aim for continuous uptime, but we do not promise that the Service will be free of interruptions, errors, or maintenance windows.
10.2 Decisions made by other platforms
If a third-party service blocks, bans, or flags an account because a virtual number was used, that decision sits with the third party. SMSAPE is not responsible for it.
10.3 Cap on damages
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our cumulative liability in connection with any claim related to the Service is capped at the amount you paid for the specific activation that gave rise to the claim.
11Indemnity
You agree to defend SMSAPE — including officers, employees, and contractors — against any claim, loss, or legal expense arising from your misuse of the Service, your breach of these Terms, or any infringement of someone else's rights through your account.
12Intellectual property
The site, the application code behind it, the brand marks, and every other piece of content presented through SMSAPE are owned by us or used under license. Copying, reverse-engineering, reselling, or otherwise redistributing any part of the Service without prior written permission is not permitted.
13Ending the relationship
You can stop using the Service whenever you choose; closing the account is enough. We may suspend or end access on our side if we observe abuse, fraud, regulatory pressure, or any clear breach of these Terms.
14Where the Service is not available
SMSAPE must not be used in any country or region where its use would breach local law or international sanctions regimes. Access can be restricted by geography at our discretion when needed to keep the platform compliant.
15Applicable law and disputes
These Terms are interpreted under the laws of the jurisdiction in which we operate. Disputes are first to be resolved by good-faith discussion between the parties; if that fails, they may be referred to the competent courts of that jurisdiction.
16Reaching us
For questions about these Terms, write to:
Email: support@smsape.com
Most messages receive a reply within 24–48 hours.