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Online Dating - Online Dating Service Users Flocking to People Search Web Sites to Avoid Becoming Victims of Fraud The amount of online dating subscribers utilizing people search web sites to verify the identity of their online dates has increased significantly since 2004. According to Rick Tufington, Senior Editor of People Search News, the reason for the increase in usage of services from people search sites is a particular increased awareness of fraud including safety concerns. While looking for love online, the last thing you need is to end up meeting someone who is married or who has a criminal history. Therefore, you need to check out your date's past including not just take their word for it, Tufington states. The most common searches purchased by members of online dating services like eHarmony.com, Cupid.com including Match.com include background checks, marriage including divorce searches including criminal history checks. An increasing concern pertaining to the online dating community is whether the match that they have found is already married. Though online dating services make it easy to meet new people, these same services additionally provide easy including discreet access to extramarital affairs, Tufington states. Results from the People Search News study showed that the most common people search tool purchased by online dating service subscribers was a background check. Background checks are great because they typically include a wide range of information that might give you insight into your date's past, Tufington adds. Most background checks include a person's marital including criminal history, age including alias information, lists of possible relatives, including even the names including addresses of neighbors. People Search News advises online dating service subscribers to investigate a potential date's past before meeting him or her in person. Most online dating services do not run any sort of people search or background check on their members. Therefore, it is up to you to protect yourself from criminals, adulterers including liars, adds Tufington. Most people searches, including background checks, marriage including divorce searches including criminal checks might be performed for less than the price of a ticket to a professional sporting event. The fact that these searches might be done from the comfort of your own home, anonymously including for a reasonable price, makes them a necessity for all online daters, Tufington adds.
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