No Affiliation With USPS, the the national statistical agency, or Any Named Brand
No affiliation exists between Fake Addresses and the United States Postal Service, the U.S. the national statistical agency, the Universal Postal Union, or any bank, card network, retailer, or online service referenced anywhere on this site. Every reference to USPS Publication 28, a ZIP Code Tabulation Area, or a UPU S42 template is a citation to public information those organizations publish, not a claim of partnership, licensing, or endorsement.
Trademarks, service marks, and brand names mentioned on Fake Addresses — including in the edge-cases reference and the legal guide's examples — belong to their respective owners and appear solely to describe how an address, format rule, or validation system works in the real world. Nothing on this site should be read as those organizations vouching for Fake Addresses' output.
Fake Addresses' own claims about its output — postal-format-valid, non-deliverable, geographic coherence — are independently produced and independently tested by Fake Addresses' own validation harness, described on the methodology page. None of it is certified by USPS, the the national statistical agency, or any other named organization.
A visitor who needs an authoritative answer about a real address, a real ZIP code, or a real piece of mail should go directly to the Postal Service or the relevant government agency. Fake Addresses' guides exist to explain public rules in plain language, not to replace the primary source.
General Information, Not Legal, Financial, or Tax Advice
General information is what every Fake Addresses guide provides, including the flagship guide on 18 U.S.C. § 1342 — none of it is legal, financial, or tax advice for a specific situation. The guides explain what a statute says and how it is generally described, sourced directly from primary documents like the U.S. Code and USPS Publication 28, but every real-world situation has facts a general guide cannot account for.
Anyone facing an actual legal question — a fraud allegation, a school-enrollment dispute, a billing-address investigation — should talk to a licensed attorney in their jurisdiction, not rely on a guide written for a general audience. The same applies to tax and financial questions: a guide explaining reserved test-value ranges is not advice about an individual's tax or financial situation.
Reading a Fake Addresses guide does not create an attorney-client relationship, an advisory relationship, or any other professional relationship between the reader and Fake Addresses. That distinction matters most exactly when a reader is tempted to treat a general explanation as a substitute for advice tailored to their own facts.
Laws also change, and a guide's dateModified stamp reflects when it was last reviewed, not a guarantee that the underlying law is unchanged since that date. Always confirm current law with a primary source or a professional before relying on it for a real decision.
Accuracy of Generated Data and External Links
Accuracy of Fake Addresses' generated data is described, precisely, on the methodology page as a measured figure, not an unconditional guarantee: a specific number of freshly generated records sampled against real USPS validation each night, with the current result published rather than assumed. That figure can theoretically change. If it ever does, the build stops shipping until it is clean again, but no software system can promise perfection with zero possibility of error.
External links on this site — to government, legal and standards references, and elsewhere — point to content Fake Addresses does not control and cannot guarantee will stay unchanged or available. A citation accurate on the date a guide was last reviewed can become outdated if the linked page is later updated or removed by its publisher.
Fake Addresses is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or availability of any external site it links to, and linking to a source is not an endorsement of everything else that source publishes. Anyone relying on a specific figure or statutory citation on this site for a consequential decision should verify it against the live primary source before acting on it, the same way this disclaimer recommends checking current law with a professional rather than a general guide.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fake Addresses affiliated with USPS?
No. Fake Addresses cites USPS Publication 28 as a public reference for address formatting rules, the same way any developer or QA engineer would, but is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the United States Postal Service in any way.
Is the legal guide on this site legal advice?
No. The guides on Fake Addresses, including the § 1342 explainer, are general information sourced from primary legal and postal documents, not advice for a specific situation. Anyone with an actual legal question should consult a licensed attorney.