Internet dating scams are on a massive increase, according to UK Private Investigators, a British company with a private eye network throughout the UK and world-wide.

PRESS DISPENSARY - Thursday, Feb 04, 2010 - Internet dating has never been more popular and, in 2010, seven million British singletons are predicted to log on to find love*. However, although many people do meet a match online, it's not all hearts and roses. According to UK Private Investigators ( http://www.ukprivateinvestigators.com ), a British company with a private eye network throughout the UK and world-wide, internet dating scams are on the increase.

The company with more clues than Columbo is seeing a growth in the number of client enquiries regarding dastardly internet dating deals.

Timothy Burchell, owner of UK Private Investigators, explains: "Women across Europe and the USA are contacting us to request background checks into individuals they've met on internet dating sites. Many single women seeking romance have sent money to their online 'dates'. Thanks to our background checking services, we've discovered that, sadly, the individuals weren't who they proclaimed to be."

UK Private Investigators' background checking service is, in many cases, a girl's best friend. Based around discreet sleuthing, it's an affordable and highly effective means of providing clients with irrefutable evidence that their potential beau is not all he seems.

Timothy Burchell adds: "It's bad enough meeting a bounder or a blowhard in real life but some of the individuals single women are meeting via online dating sites are just plain scoundrels, out to relieve unsuspecting people of their cash. Our background checking service is available internationally and, to date, it has saved our clients potentially thousands of pounds or dollars."

He concludes: "If an online date asks you to send money and you're not sure if the circumstances are genuine, let the alarm bells ring and then ring UK Private Investigators."

Notes for editors

UK Private Investigators is based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, and has offices in London and a network of around 50 agents across the UK and worldwide. The company was established in 1997 when Timothy Burchell realised a need for reliable and ethical private investigators. It is a member of The International Association for Asset recovery.

UK Private Investigators' full range of services includes: tracing missing persons; tracing debtors; matrimonial surveillance and relationship; discreet surveillance; insurance claim investigations; pre-nuptial screening; pre-employment screening; mystery shopping; detailed background reports on individuals and businesses and computer data retrieval.

Clients include local councils, retailers, airline companies, security organisations, legal firms, insurance departments and the finance sectors, as well as private individuals with domestic issues.

* According to a study released on January 29, 2010, by Parship.co.uk, Europe's largest scientifically-based online dating service.

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