Apparatus and locale-based method for thwarting deceptions and/or denial of services

An apparatus, comprising:

• Au1) a mobile device, a transmitting device located near a site, and a server, wherein said transmitting device and said server share a first key invisible to said mobile device, implementing the following to thwart deception of said server that said mobile device is near said transmitting device;
• Au1a) said apparatus operates without using a signal strength of a wireless message between said mobile device and said transmitting device to determine a first distance between said mobile device and said transmitting device;
• Bu1) said mobile device adapted and configured to receive said wireless message containing a token using a short-haul wireless communication protocol from said transmitting device located within a short range of said mobile device;
• Cu1) said transmitting device adapted and configured to generate said token using a token generator using a first key in said wireless message and to transmit said wireless message via said short-haul wireless communication protocol to said mobile device;
• Du1) said mobile device responds to said wireless message by parsing said wireless message to generate said token without wirelessly communicating to said transmitting device;
• Eu1) said server receives a service request from said mobile device to perform a service at said site;
• Fu1) said mobile device sends a second wireless message to said server including a form of said token to confirm said mobile device is near said site;
• wherein said server generates a server time estimate corresponding to a transmitter time estimate when said transmitting device generated said token;
• Gu1) said server responds to said second wireless message received from said mobile device as a received message by determining if said form of said token proves said mobile device is near said site based upon said first key shared with said transmitting device and said first key is invisible to said mobile device;
• and
• Hu1) said server authorizes said service at said site if said form of said token proves said mobile device is within said first distance of said transmitting device.