Identification verification and authentication system

A system for verifying an identity of a user, the system

• comprising:
• a first client electronic device that is associated with a first
• user;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the first client electronic device to:
• receive, from a provider electronic device, a first secret and a second secret, wherein the provider electronic device is associated with a service provider that has matched the first user with a second user for an interaction,
• broadcast, by a transmitter of the first client electronic device, a signal unique to the first client electronic device when the first client electronic device is in proximity to a specified physical location where the interaction is to occur,
• detect a connection that a second client electronic device establishes with the first client electronic device, wherein the second client electronic device is associated with the second user,
• send the first secret to the second client electronic device,
• receive, by a receiver of the first client electronic device, data from the second client electronic device,
• determine whether the received data matches the second secret;
• and
• in response to determining that the received data matches the second secret, cause an alert to be provided to the first user via the first client electronic device.