Methods and systems for increasing the security of electronic messages

A system for accessing e-mail messages comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store e-mail messages, said system being associated with a network and said memory being in communication with said processor and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to perform operations comprising:
• automatically verifying, as a recipient of an e-mail message is specified by a sender of the e-mail message while the e-mail message is drafted by the sender, that the recipient of the e-mail message is enrolled in a biometric authentication system;
• generating modified e-mail messages from the e-mail message and transmitting a respective modified e-mail message to each verified recipient;
• comparing a transaction identifier extracted from a hyperlink included in the modified e-mail message against transaction identifiers included in a transaction registry;
• mapping the extracted identifier to an e-mail identifier and a recipient identifier when the extracted identifier matches a transaction identifier;
• and
• permitting the recipient to view the e-mail message contents after the recipient is successfully authenticated.

A computer program recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium included in a computer system, the computer program being comprised of instructions, which when read and executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to perform at least the following operations:

• automatically verify, as a recipient of an e-mail message is specified by a sender of the e-mail message while the e mail message is drafted by a sender, that the recipient of the e-mail message is enrolled in a biometric authentication system;
• generate modified e-mail messages from the e-mail message and transmit a respective modified e-mail message to each verified recipient;
• compare a transaction identifier extracted from a hyperlink included in the modified e-mail message against transaction identifiers included in a transaction registry;
• map the extracted identifier to an e-mail identifier and a recipient identifier when the extracted identifier matches a transaction identifier;
• and
• permit the recipient to view the e-mail message contents after the recipient is successfully authenticated.