True.com’s Criminal Checks Have Holes
True.com has based it’s marketing to singles on background checks and safety for singles. I’ve written extensively about True.com before. Robert Well, a convicted child molester and registered sex offender, made it onto True.com under the surveillance radar. True.com did sue Well and got Well banished from the cyber dating world in the settlement. (I do wonder how that ban will be enforced?) But even True.com’s owner Herb Vest admits that his own background checking firm has only about 94% of the USA felony convictions.
This is a good example of the problems when sites offer safety, either directly like True.com or indirectly, like the religious-based sites. Singles cannot assume that those others on a site, no matter what the site says about screening, are safe. And in fact, those assurances can create a false sense of safety and encourage singles to relax their vigilance. Be careful, be suspicious, ask questions.
From YOur Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
