WASHINGTON POST -- Mar 25 -- Kimberly Hall was twice betrayed by men she met dating online. Both turned out to be married. So she started doing background checks on her dates using Intelius.com. Singles now draw on a growing arsenal of security and research tools - from services that verify identity and background to companies that provide temporary phone numbers as a barrier to stalkers. Few dating sites conduct their own background checks on members and only one seeks to verify marital status. 31% of American adults say they know someone who has used a dating Web site, and nearly 60% of Internet users said they think a lot of online daters lie about their marital status, (Pew Internet & American Life Project study, 2006). At True.com 2% of applicants are rejected because they are convicted felons. 3% flunk because they are married. Trufina verifies age, identity and address. Jangl offers free temporary phone numbers for eBay customers and dating singles. Tossable Digits offers a similar service. Intelius provides name, address, age, marital record and criminal background check. FULL ARTICLE @ CANTON REP

Mark Brooks: HonestyOnline.com also offers background checks, tailored to the needs of online dating sites. Jangl provisions conference calls. Freeconference.com can do the same thing for free and is currently implemented on the Userplane instant messenger. Vumber.com provides two way calling. So, singles can also call out from their virtual number and return calls.