| CPC H04M 3/42042 (2013.01) [H04M 3/382 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] | 1 Claim |

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1. A system, comprising:
a verification service provider, configured to, using one or more processors:
receive a query to verify a first communications connection involving a first entity, wherein the first communications connection is associated with an observed caller ID of a contacting entity;
in response to receiving the query, transmit, via a second communications connection, a verification request message to an entity that stores at least one digital certificate associated with the observed caller ID;
receive a response, comprising the at least one digital certificate, to the verification request message;
evaluate the response to perform a security determination; and
provide the security determination to the first entity, wherein the first communications connection is validated based at least in part on the security determination.
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