- Send messages you have a lawful right to send.
- No spam, no bought or scraped lists, no phishing, no impersonation.
- Anonymous to the recipient is not the same as untraceable by law enforcement.
- Email-only signup means less data collected, not fewer rules.
- Abusive traffic gets rate-limited, suspended or terminated.
What you may send
Transactional notices, one-to-one replies people expect, internal business alerts, and personal messages to people who know you or have a clear reason to hear from you. If a recipient would reasonably expect the text, you are usually on solid ground.
If you run a business, keep proof of consent or of a prior relationship where the law requires it. A published phone number is not consent to marketing. A notice about an order someone placed is a different thing from cold outreach.
What you may not send
Spam, which means bulk or repeated texts people did not ask for, bought or scraped lists, affiliate blasts, phishing, malware links, or anything designed to deceive. Pump-and-dump schemes, fake invoice scams, account-takeover prompts and wallet-verification fraud all fall here.
You may not threaten, stalk, harass or impersonate anyone. You may not try to bypass blocks, create serial accounts after a ban, or probe the platform for weaknesses. You may not use the service to flood phone numbers, carriers or third-party systems, or resell access in a way that hides the real sender when abuse has to be investigated.
Illegal content and restricted categories
Nothing may be sent that is illegal in your jurisdiction, the recipient's jurisdiction, or the jurisdictions the message routes through. That includes child sexual abuse material, content that facilitates violent crime, and unlawful drug sales.
Adult content is restricted wherever local law or carrier rules forbid it over SMS. Route rules differ by country, so a message that is fine on one destination can be blocked on another, and SMSRoute follows the destination's rules rather than yours.
Anonymity, records and lawful process
Anonymous to the recipient is not the same as untraceable by law enforcement. Routes keep records for lawful process, and valid legal process is answered. Nobody should treat SMSRoute as a way to commit crimes without consequences.
Email-only signup and crypto payment mean the data collected up front is kept small. They do not mean there are no rules and they do not buy immunity from the ones there are. You remain responsible for everything you send.
Enforcement and consequences
Traffic that looks like abuse can be rate-limited, suspended or terminated without a long debate. High-volume sending with no clear legitimate pattern is a common trigger, and so is a rising complaint rate from recipients.
Serious fraud or criminal misuse can be referred to carriers or authorities where the law requires it. The aim is simple: keep SMSRoute useful for people with real reasons to send SMS across 149 countries, and useless as a spam cannon.
When in doubt: do not send. There are separate pages on how abuse is handled, on legitimate privacy-preserving uses, and on how recipients opt out.
Frequently asked questions
Can I send marketing SMS?
Only where you have lawful consent or another clear legal basis, and only if the messages are not deceptive. Cold lists, scraped numbers and bought databases are not allowed. If a campaign looks like bulk unsolicited traffic, expect it to be blocked.
Does paying in crypto mean my account cannot be banned?
No. The payment method does not override the rules. Abuse can still end in suspension or termination. Crypto reduces billing friction and nothing else.
What happens if I break this policy?
The account can be throttled, suspended or closed. Serious fraud or criminal misuse can be shared with carriers or law enforcement when valid legal process arrives or the law requires it.
Is bulk sending allowed at all?
Bulk sending to people who asked to hear from you is fine. Bulk sending to a list you bought, scraped or assembled without consent is not. The difference is consent, not volume.
Who is responsible for the content of a message?
You are. The service routes what you write. Content laws in your country, the recipient's country, and any country in between apply to you as the sender.
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