Nice to meet you. I think a background check is a wise request also, especially if you don't mind their doing a background check on you. I too have heard of marriages begun on line.

A cautionary tale is a former highschool classmate who chatted in college. Without realising it, she must have revealed too much information. One day, there was a knock on her dorm room door, and the young man standing there was from a thousand miles away. That he would track her down was a shock. He was harmless and just
wanted to meet her in person,, but it could have been much worse.