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1. A method comprising:
receiving a request to authenticate a consumer who initiated a prospective transaction using a first communications device; determining whether the consumer has a second communications device linked to an account of the consumer with a third party payment provider, wherein the second communications device is separate and different from the first communications device; generating, in response to the determining, a random and non-static secret code that changes each time it is generated; sending the secret code to the second communications device; prompting the consumer to input the secret code via a pop-up window that is overlying a checkout webpage that is displayed on the first communications device; detecting an input in the pop-up window from the consumer in response to the prompting; and selectively authenticating the consumer based on the detected input from the consumer; wherein the receiving, the determining, the generating, the sending, the prompting, the detecting, and the selectively authenticating are performed by one or more electronic processors. |