| CPC H04W 12/35 (2021.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01); H04W 12/67 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A device in a messaging core, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a short messaging system (SMS) message from an application-to-person (A2P) service to a mobile device of a subscriber;
verifying an origin of the SMS message;
identifying the SMS message as bearing a one-time passcode (OTP);
preventing delivery of the SMS message to a messaging application on the mobile device; and
delivering the SMS message to an application running on the mobile device.
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