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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Find out mo

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Find out m

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.

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.

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.

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. Find out m

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.

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.

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. Find out m

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.

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. Find out more about doing background checks on people in the article How do I do a background check on someone. 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.