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Taylor12
March 16, 2021
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Verifying customers over the phone

  • March 16, 2021
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Does anyone have any recommendations on how to verify customers over the phone for when they request sensitive information or settings changes? Are there Zendesk add-ons/apps for sending verification codes via sms/e-mail? 

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    Brandon Tidd
    User Group Leader
    March 17, 2021

    Hi @taylor12 -

    It might be somewhat of a shortcut, but you could try just sending the user a public reply with an Agent generated sequence (ie pick a random 4 digit # or phrase), and then have the customer read that back? 

    This could then be pushed via email if you have the email address in their profile, or via SMS if you have that channel enabled.  The customer could read back the code as verification, which would be captured in the recording.

    To take it up a notch, you could also create a ticket form with a REGEX field that looks for a certain pattern and have them enter it there to capture there input.  Hope this helps!

    Brandon Tidd
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    Brandon Tidd, Zendesk Guru
    Josh69
    December 24, 2023

    Taylor Wilson, just curious if you ever found a solution for this that worked out? I’m looking for the same functionality but haven’t been able to find a marketplace app that does this.

    Thanks
    Josh