Call the Telesign Score API to get a phone number risk score and recommendation before allowing it to be used for identity verification or account creation
domain: telesign.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Send a request to the Score API endpoint with the complete phone number (country code, digits only, no formatting characters)
Optionally include account/device ID, IP address, and other contextual attributes to improve scoring accuracy
Read the returned risk level and risk recommendation (proceed, proceed with caution, or do not proceed) rather than only a raw numeric score
Route 'proceed with caution' results to a secondary verification step (e.g., document check) instead of outright blocking
Log score/recommendation pairs over time to tune your own action thresholds, since Telesign's recommendation is a general guideline, not a binding decision
Known gotchas
The score reflects phone number reputation and network/traffic anomalies, not identity ownership — a clean score does not confirm the number belongs to the person providing it
Score values can shift over time for the same number (portability, resale, fraud reports), so a number scored safely at signup should be periodically re-checked for high-risk actions rather than trusted indefinitely
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