Stacy wishes that she had done a background check on her boyfriend
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Stacy Savill works in IT as a software developer and feels safe and at home with the internet and computers. When she found herself single again after being a couple for so long it was only natural for her to turn to the Internet to help her to find a new boyfriend.
Like so many people these days Stacy leads a busy life and finds it very difficult to meet new people the conventional way. She doesn’t have the time to hang out in bars and take evening classes so she uses the Internet for it’s awesome effectiveness and time saving qualities and it works.
Before long Stacy had found herself a new cyber buddy. They exchanged emails regularly and had long sessions on Messenger getting to know each other. They hit it off well and after a few weeks of virtual meetings they decided to meet in the physical world. They lived reasonably close so arranging to meet wasn’t a problem.
Your first date with your online friend
They met for the first time in a public place in the middle of the day and Stacy made sure that a friend knew where she was going and whom she was meeting. She clearly had her safety in mind and was doing all the right things.
Tom was engaging and charming and always said the right things to Stacy. He bought her flowers and little gifts, which made Stacy feel warm, safe and wanted. The romance went on for six months before Tom finally popped the question and asked Stacy to marry him. Stacy agreed without hesitation.
Why was Stacy waiting at the altar?
Find out who your boyfriend really is
Seven weeks later Stacy found herself waiting at the altar for her beloved but Tom was late. So late that Stacy was worried that he wasn’t going to turn up and sent people to investigate.
It turned out that Tom had been stopped and arrested on his way to the church. He had arrest warrants for child abuse and had broken bail by failing to return to court. And that’s not all, six more warrants came to light later covering everything from traffic offences to domestic violence. Stacy had no idea about Tom’s past or his life when they weren’t together.
Do a background check and don;t leave things to chance
As you can imagine Stacy was devastated by this and couldn’t believe how she’d been taken in so easily. Not to mention the expense of the wedding that never happened. What did she do wrong?
This story is fictitious, the names are disguised and the events described never happened. I made up the story to illustrate a very real problem that so many people find themselves in when they meet new people. If only Stacy had done a simple background check on Tom before she met him for the first time, or at any time after that.
Online background checks
Doing background checks on people using online public records databases is very easy and very affordable. You don’t need to be a computer whiz to do it either. Doing background searches on everyone you meet can help you to sleep well at night and avoid being left at the altar.
I think that Stacy had a narrow escape. If Tom hadn’t been stopped and taken to jail on an arrest warrant on his way to the church it could have been years before she found out and then the story might have been much worse.
How Do I Check For Arrest Warrants
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Author: Steve Gee