Why Did I Receive a Nintendo Account Verification Text Message?
Steps for situations where you receive a text message from Nintendo with a code to verify your Nintendo Account, but you aren't sure why.
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If you have registered your phone number to your Nintendo Account, as an additional security measure you may occasionally be required to enter a verification code when performing certain Nintendo Account related actions, like resetting your password.
When this happens, a text message with the verification code will be sent to the phone number associated with your Nintendo Account. Please enter the code from the text message to complete the verification process.
If you did not expect to get this verification text message, you can disregard the message. It is likely that someone entered your phone number by mistake when trying to register a phone number to their Nintendo Account.
However, if you are concerned that your Nintendo Account has been compromised, please review our recommendations in the Nintendo Account Recovery Process to protect your account.