With the rapid development of technology, there are many conveniences that we can feel. One of them is looking for a lover aka a potential life partner, either through social media or similar applications.
In a more professional realm now, recruiting prospective employees to finding business partners or partners can also be made through a digital platform that makes it easier.
But behind the various conveniences offered, we must also immediately increase our vigilance, so as not to make a wrong move. Because in looking for a potential partner, looking for employees to business partners cannot be done carelessly.
Knowing the background of a partner in the digital era like today should be easier, but in fact cases of fraud are still common. The latest Tinder Swindler documentary has been widely discussed.
The film tells the story of three women who are tricked by a man they know through the dating app Tinder. The three women were not only disadvantaged in time but also materially.
This story further shows how important it is to know the background of a potential partner or prospective employee to the person who is proclaimed to be our business partner.
He stated that a background check is needed to find out a person's track record, especially when they want to establish relationships in business, recruit leadership level workers to potential partners or prospective sons-in-law.
Currently, about 80 percent of people are looking for a mate on the internet. Although it looks easy, but it provides a fairly high risk. Getting friends or potential life partners from the internet requires a deeper background check, especially for women.
Furthermore, parents also need to do background checks on their prospective daughter-in-law, so that the child can get a trusted partner.
In conducting background checks requested by parents of prospective spouses, usually about marital status, finances, accounts payable, daily behavior, to which places they always visit.
The number of scams that started from the internet, is a concern for parents.
Don't believe what you hear but believe what you see. The reason is currently not a few women who experience identity fraud when getting a mate from cyberspace.
Please note that whatever is displayed on social media is not fully in accordance with reality, where social media only shows the best side of a person, perhaps with all its luxuries.
So it is necessary to do a background check to find out the person's actual behavior. "Ideally, this background check is carried out within a week to two weeks.