Some great dating tips for women over 40 on Alwaysnewyou.com

It's no surprise that three out of eleven tips for safe dating over the age of 40 recommend checking your date out. There are lots of ways to gather information about someone through free sources on the Internet and through public records (to learn how, check out the Survival Guide in Romantic Deception: The Six Signs He's Lying). If you are serious about the guy, and are considering living together or marriage, it pays to be safe. If in doubt about your own investigative skills, hire a private investigator to do the background research. The peace of mind is worth it. Read more here.

Ready to hire a private investigator? More comfortable working with a woman? Check out a group called Female Legal and Investigative Professionals (F.L.I.P.).

Looking for long lost friends? Here's how...

The popular blog Fab Over Fifty recently posted an article offering tips for how individuals can find long lost friends. Darlene E. Adams, owner of E-infoseek.com, offers her tips along with Norma Tillman, private investigator and author of How to Find Almost Anyone.

Read more here.

Are you living a lie?

Are you ready to come clean
and share your story? From the producers of award winning series "Intervention" and a major cable network comes a new documentary series about people who live double lives.

 

The producers are searching for individuals who are keeping a major secret from their loved ones, co-workers and friends. If you are keeping a major secret from the ones you love the most and would like some help sharing your story, please email a brief description of your situation to: documentary@never-told.com. Maybe it's time to come clean.

Romantic Deception Authors interviewed on BlogTalkRadio

Listen as Deborrah Cooper, host of the popular radio show Date Smarter Not Harder,  interviews the authors of Romantic Deception: The Six Signs He's Lying.

Listen to internet radio with Ms HeartBeat on Blog Talk Radio

GPS Data in Photos Can Help Uncover Romantic Deception

We all know that lying on the Internet is prevalent. Anyone who's tried on-line dating knows that people aren't always what they claim to be. I've heard lots of stories – and experienced a few examples myself – of individuals who are much older, much heavier, and much less educated than their profiles portray.

When that deception pours over into everyday living inside a romantic relationship, then it's a real issue. There is a fine line between embellishing on a profile to make oneself more attractive, and out right lying about every aspect of one's life. As Dr. Caldwell, author of Romantic Deception: The Six Signs He's Lying defines it, it is the "unrestrained misrepresentation of significant facts in the context of a intimate relationship." In other words, someone who truly is an impostor.

Everyday I look for new ways to help victims uncover the truth about the romantic liars in their lives. Did you know that you can now determine exactly where a photograph was taken? There is a new technology built into all GPS enabled cameras and Smartphones that will give you the exact location, within 15 feet, of where the photo was snapped.

This technology can be very useful in determining whether your romantic partner is telling the truth – or not. To learn more, click here.

Online Dating Scammers Use Military IDs

It never ceases to amaze me how easily we can be drawn into the things we're told by strangers on the Internet. Just this week I had a case of a vulnerable teen who fell in love with a girl who he met through an online site. The lies she spun were amazing, and she caused the boy much angst. He feared she was fighting for her life in a hospital somewhere in Europe, after being stabbed by some thugs.

None of it was true however. It took close to a day and half of some pretty heavy searching to uncover enough untruth to confront her. Without the use of photo recognition software, we might still be guessing at the truth. It took some work, but finally I was able to determine that the photos she'd posted on Facebook – allegedly of her brother – were actually the lead singer of a punk band in London.

Not long ago a close friend decided to try Match.com as an avenue back into the dating pool. It didn't take long before she received an email from a gentleman who claimed to be working on an offshore drilling rig in Oregon. He had ties to her home state and said he'd be moving back within a month or two. The photograph he posted was of a tall, handsome, rugged man gently stroking his dog.

She fell for it and immediately emailed back. It wasn't until a few days had passed and she received no reply that she consulted me. One look at the email she had received from "Harry" and I knew he was an impostor. The grammar and spelling told me the truth. The fact that he didn't even use her name was also telling. The email was addressed to "sweetheart."

Eventually she heard from him again. Despite the fact that he claimed to hold a master's degree in engineering from a school in London, he could barely put together a sentence. My friend so wanted to believe that he was real, that it took some convincing that he was likely some scammer from a foreign country. Telltale signs included the poor English, the fact that he wanted to jump immediately to instant messaging (she declined, but did email him directly), the story about working on an oil rig (a very common, overused claim by scammers), and that he never used her name or responded to any of her direct questions (a sign that he was cutting and pasting the same message to others).

One of the emails she sent him bounced back. A quick read of the error message indicated that his Yahoo account had been stalled due to heavy use. He was likely sending multiple messages out to women across the country. Scammers will quickly suggest moving to instant messaging or their direct email because it's easier, and quicker, to proceed with the scam outside of the dating site.

According to a recent article in The Huffington Post, there is a new rash of scammers claiming to be U.S. military. Read more here.

Romantic Deception now available for the iPad!

We are pleased to announce that Romantic Deception: The Six Signs He's Lying is now available for download for the iPad from Apple's iBookstore. Soon to be available for the Kindle, Nook and Sony Reader.

Pathological Liars - Relationship Scam Artists

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

The relationship scam artist is usually a pathological liar, a con artist, maybe a psychopath. Discover how to detect the lies and get out before it's too late. [more]

A Third of Men Lie on the First Date

New research from the UK's leading independent celebrity fashion website has revealed that 1 in 3 men admit to lying on the first date; with the most common lie told surrounding their job or profession.

The top 5 most common lies were as follows:

1. job or profession - 47%

2. relationship history - 38%

3. hobbies or interests - 25%

4. car - 19%

5. living situation - 12%

Read the full article [here].