Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating transactions. Various of the methods include providing a central control and receiving identification information associated with a user at the central control. In some cases, the identification information includes user contact information. In addition, a transaction request is received from a third party and matched to the user, and the user is alerted of the transaction request. Various systems include an interactive monitoring system that includes a central control coupled to a communication network. The central control includes a memory and a processor. Further, the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to receive contact information and account information related to a user, receive a transaction request including the account information from a third party, match the transaction request to the user, access the contact information associated with the user, and alert the user of the transaction request according to the contact information.