I LOL at this every time. It's the oldest trick in the book and I've built a solid business around it.
BTW OP being able to do the verification is one thing but actually verifying is a whole other issue as ISPs no longer like/support this MO. It's taken me a solid year testing to determine my "magic sauce" <--spooge to make it work reliably. You have to be very careful or you'll get SBLs for the type of transaction required.