This is the first time that private companies are being asked to verify peoples' identities.
An I.T. person who was asked to verify it mistakenly replied that it was "a legitimate e-mail".
Users are asked to verify their identity via a credit reference agency: presently Experian and Verizon, though Digidentity and the Post Office will join soon.
Callers requesting more information are asked to verify they are 21, and people who hesitate are cut off, Mr. Smith said.
The club did not offer any comment, though the medical department was asked to verify Sterling's claim, which is standard procedure.
US officials, when asked about any specific strike, typically decline to answer, even if only asked to verify that one occurred.
"The rate could go up to that," Mr. Suttles of BP said, when asked to verify a report in The Times.
The player is asked to verify that the I.D. number on the chain-of-custody form matches the number on the seals.
"The I.A.E.A. is being asked to verify nuclear compliance in 70 countries on a budget suitable to the Portland, Ore., police department," said Lawrence Sheinman, an expert on nuclear proliferation at the Monterey Institute.
The most important thing to remember about the Ashley Madison leak - the site has no email verification When you sign up for many online services and websites, you're asked to verify your email.
They are seldom asked to verify that they received the services indicated on their bills and are generally unable to do so anyway because medical services are listed in codes.
