# Verify customer without creating one

**URL:** <https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/verify-customer-without-creating-one/7085>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/verify-customer-without-creating-one/7085 "2021-05-19T17:52:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Ballan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Matthew\_Ballan](https://discuss.dwolla.com/u/Matthew_Ballan)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/verify-customer-without-creating-one/7085/1 "2021-05-19T17:52:21Z")

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Hello! I am creating support for email/phone 2FA on my website and I don’t want to create the customer with Dwolla until the email/phone is verified. Is it possible for me to validate the customer’s info (Such as name, ssn, address, etc.) before I even create the customer?

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**Author:** ![kmoreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/dwolla/user_avatar/discuss.dwolla.com/kmoreira/32/2718_2.png) [@kmoreira](https://discuss.dwolla.com/u/kmoreira)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/verify-customer-without-creating-one/7085/2 "2021-05-19T20:37:57Z")

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Hi @Matthew_Ballan

Not with our API

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**Author:** ![shreya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/dwolla/user_avatar/discuss.dwolla.com/shreya/32/2154_2.png) [@shreya](https://discuss.dwolla.com/u/shreya)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/verify-customer-without-creating-one/7085/3 "2021-05-25T21:03:10Z")

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You would have to use a third party provider to verify the user’s identity if not via our API.