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Stopping the Bots: SMS Pumping, Human Assurance, and the New Standard for Marketplace Trust

June 10, 2026

Company & Presenters:

- Daniel Killmer, SVP, Head of Product Growth, Prove
- Elena Michaeli, Trust & Risk Innovation Architect, Stealth Mode

In digital marketplaces, verifying human activity has never been more critical. SMS pumping is emerging as a costly and often overlooked fraud vector, driving up OTP spend through automated abuse while synthetic identities and bot-driven fraud continue to undermine platform trust.
The challenge isn’t a lack of fraud tools — it’s a lack of identity context. Many bot management solutions focus on network and behavioral signals but lack the identity intelligence needed to determine whether there’s a legitimate person behind the interaction.
Prove Bot Detection adds an identity-centric layer of defense by evaluating the validity, reputation, and history of the phone number being used. This helps organizations identify trusted users more accurately and stop automated abuse before costs are incurred.

What to Expect:
- How SMS pumping and OTP abuse impact marketplace costs and operations
- Why identity-backed human assurance is becoming essential to fraud prevention
- Ways identity intelligence can strengthen existing bot mitigation strategies
- Frameworks for distinguishing human vs. non-human activity across onboarding, authentication, and transactions
- Perspectives from Prove and Marketplace Risk on building safer, human-first digital platforms

Stopping the Bots: SMS Pumping, Human Assurance, and the New Standard for Marketplace Trust

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