Got a date in New York, are you being watched?

Posted by Hayden Allen-Vercoe on Thu 23rd November 2006 at 05:43 AM, Filed in Dating Safety

I read a fascinating article the other day that stated New Yorkers actually hire private detectives to go check out their date before they actually meet them. This trend is sweeping the city in a bid to help paranoid New Yorkers get to grips with exactly who they are meeting, whether they have any criminal records, levels of education, jobs as well as address history.
These folk normally have more money than sense as private eyes charge around $500 for a background search, and $195 an hour for a two-person team to carry out a surveillance. Is it me or has dating just got all ‘James Bond’!

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The detective agencies have proven success however, finding a number of idiots who decided to give a false name or blag they were in a job that they blatantly weren’t in. What’s wrong with these people I ask!

There is obviously a trend forming because loads of sites are now carrying out background checks – can’t be a bad thing, unless you are one of the prize twats pretending to be someone you will never be!!!

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