A woman who was set to meet a man that she had matched with on an online dating app, axed the hook-up as soon as she googled him.
TikTok user Shaina Kay Cardwell, @shainakaycardwell, has issued a warning to her fans and has urged them to research potential partners before meeting any.
She stated that after she searched up her date's name online, she found that he had previously been arrested for aggravated kidnapping, as reported by The Mirror.
Shaina said that she immediately cancelled the date and refused to meet the man, and said in a video that if she hadn't researched him she would have had no idea that she was going on a date with a potential kidnapper.
Taking to the social media platform TikTok, Shaina said: "When I was about to go on a Hinge date and decided to Google him and saw he was arrested for aggravated kidnapping.
Shanina's video proved popular with TikTok fans and soon she had over 300,000 views and was inundated with comments from people sharing their dating horror stories.
One person said: "A guy who begged me to date him who I turned down I googled later only to find out he was arrested for attacking a UPS worker at his house."
And a second added: "I straight up asked a guy what would happen if I googled him and he told me I wouldn’t like it. Actual sexual assault accusations."
While a third said: "My friend googled him after the date - he had an assault charge for killing his ex’s chihuahua and beating her with the dead dog. Google first."
And another simply added: "This is why I don’t do dating sites."
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