Chanceforlove.com
   embarking on this Russian women quest

Essentials archive:
Resources archive:
Articles archive:
Facts on Russia:


The latest must-have accessory for New York's daters - a private eye

Date: 2006-11-22

Preparing for a date in New York can be labour-intensive. Right perfume or cologne? Check. Smart clothes? Check. Report from private investigator? Check.

In the city's hot and heavy dating scene, the latest trend for the legion of single people is to check exactly whom they are meeting for dinner with the help of the city's famed private detective agencies.

Many New Yorkers are no longer taking their romantic prospects at their word, instead running extensive background searches that cover their criminal record, education, previous jobs and address history.

Sitting in his office on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Skipp Porteous runs Sherlock Investigations. He gets numerous requests from wealthy fellow clients to run background searches on their potential dates. 'It's just common sense now. People do lie. They lie about their marital status or they lie about their job,' said Porteous.

He charges $500 for a comprehensive background check or $195 an hour for a two-person team to carry out a surveillance of an intended date or new partner.

It can be worth it. One recent client's date had claimed to be a published author and a college professor. Porteous proved he was lying. Another woman's prospective husband was eager to join a free dating service until he realised that the 'woman' who had been emailing him the generous offer was in fact Porteous, using a false name.

It's the explosive growth of online dating in America that is responsible for the increased use of background checks. Whereas online dating is still seen as slightly desperate in much of Europe, in America it has become a normal part of life. It has also made it easier for people to create fake identities and to invent jobs, homes and lifestyles that they simply do not have.

One information services company, Intelius, specifically targets daters. Ed Petersen, one of the firm's senior vice-presidents, said 38 per cent of its clients were now people running background checks on dates or romantic partners.

An Intelius TV advert even features a woman unaware that her prospective date is a violent sex offender. The firm uses powerful software and databases to collect information on an individual which is then collated into a report for the customer. 'What harm is there in a quick background check? The world has changed and this sort of thing is pretty normal for the way people date now,' said Petersen.

Some online dating websites now conduct background checks on anyone signing up for them to weed out people who are potentially violent or dangerous. Certain US states want to make such checks mandatory for dating websites. So what happened to romantic candlelit dinners and honest chitchat? Well, experts say the checks might come up with the most unexpected answer of all: a date was telling the truth about being an astronaut or a beauty queen.





Your First Name
Your Email Address

     Privacy Guaranteed



GL52068236 GL52081914 GL52081962 GL52074692


  

      SCANNED March 29, 2024





Dating industry related news
Matchmaking Cruise Aims To Hook Up Only Rich Men With Beautiful WomenNet heavies are wedding India's fast-growing matchmaking dot-comsNew Singles Group Matches Dental Hygiene Fanatics
A matchmaking cruise that aims to help male millionaires and beautiful women find each other will be held in China this month, the state-owned China Daily said. To qualify, the male participants must have assets worth at least two million yuan ($250,000) and the women must be "good-looking and desirable." "Rich men are normally very busy," says organizer Xu Tianli, "and most of the women they meet are there for work or business, which these men consider to be unsuitable for relationships." Xu ...There's Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Autos, and Yahoo! Jobs. So why not Yahoo! Weddings? In India, the Internet giant is playing online cupid to people looking for arranged marriages. In September, Yahoo! Inc. and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Canaan Partners jointly paid $8.5 million for what industry insiders say is roughly 10% of BharatMatrimony.com, a nine-year-old marriage Web site that also has 50 offices across India to serve those without Net access. "BharatMatrimony will help us get a l...Boston - This city with its many colleges and universities is a mecca for young men and women looking for that special someone to spend the rest of their lives with. "I'm having a blast with my single friends right now," says Caitlin Morgan, a senior at Boston University, "but I'm always on the lookout for Mr. Right."The high level of education among young adults here means there is less emphasis on the bar scene as a source of dating and mating prospects, however, and there are numerous social ...
read more >>read more >>read more >>
ChanceForLove Online Russian Dating Network Copyright © 2003 - 2023 , all rights reserved.
No part of this site may be reproduced or copied without written permission from ChanceForLove.com