A method and system for verifying both identification and presence of an object is provided. The system includes an identification tag containing data associated with an object, a reader for reading said data from the identification tag, communicating data received from the identification tag to the server, and a server configured for receiving the data sent by the reader, accessing an object record that corresponds to the object, determining whether the data it received is verified against data in the object record, and if said data is verified, then generating a URL and transmitting said URL to the reader over the communications network, wherein said URL includes a verification message.