diff --git a/src/lib/validators/clients.ts b/src/lib/validators/clients.ts
index cbefa7bd..1b4ab11b 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/clients.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/clients.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { baseListQuerySchema } from '@/lib/api/list-query';
+import { humanTextSchema } from '@/lib/validators/text';
 import {
   optionalCountryIsoSchema,
   optionalIanaTimezoneSchema,
@@ -9,22 +10,35 @@ import {
 
 // ─── Contact sub-schema ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-export const contactSchema = z.object({
-  channel: z.enum(['email', 'phone', 'whatsapp', 'other']),
-  value: z.string().min(1),
-  /** E.164-normalized number; required when channel is phone/whatsapp. */
-  valueE164: optionalPhoneE164Schema.optional(),
-  /** ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 country the number was parsed against. */
-  valueCountry: optionalCountryIsoSchema.optional(),
-  label: z.string().optional(),
-  isPrimary: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
-  notes: z.string().optional(),
-});
+export const contactSchema = z
+  .object({
+    channel: z.enum(['email', 'phone', 'whatsapp', 'other']),
+    value: z.string().min(1),
+    /** E.164-normalized number; required when channel is phone/whatsapp. */
+    valueE164: optionalPhoneE164Schema.optional(),
+    /** ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 country the number was parsed against. */
+    valueCountry: optionalCountryIsoSchema.optional(),
+    label: z.string().optional(),
+    isPrimary: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+    notes: z.string().optional(),
+  })
+  .superRefine((data, ctx) => {
+    // Post-audit F6: email channel must carry a syntactically valid
+    // address. Otherwise sales send-outs bounce silently and the bounce
+    // monitor can't classify.
+    if (data.channel === 'email' && !/^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/.test(data.value)) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: 'custom',
+        path: ['value'],
+        message: 'Must be a valid email address.',
+      });
+    }
+  });
 
 // ─── Create ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export const createClientSchema = z.object({
-  fullName: z.string().min(1).max(200),
+  fullName: humanTextSchema({ min: 1, max: 200 }),
   contacts: z.array(contactSchema).min(1, 'At least one contact is required'),
   /** ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 nationality code. */
   nationalityIso: optionalCountryIsoSchema.optional(),
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/text.ts b/src/lib/validators/text.ts
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