\u201cI went on Facebook to see if he would go the extent of meeting up with me. He did\u2026 but I never went.\u201d<\/p>\n
Savanna Harrison, 27, is a professional \u201cchecker\u201d, using social media to expose cheating partners after being cheated on herself.<\/p>\n
She wanted to help other women avoid the same heartbreak she felt, so she started working for a company called Lazo, which describes itself as a \u201ctool designed to see intentions and let go of toxic relationships\u201d.<\/p>\n
Now, she gets paid to run dozens of loyalty tests a month on people suspected of cheating on their partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen some comments saying its messed up,\u201d she said \u2013 but she doesn\u2019t feel bad about what she\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you can\u2019t be loyal, then you shouldn\u2019t be in that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
The loyalty test<\/strong><\/p>\n Once she accepts a \u201cmission\u201d, Savanna messages her client\u2019s partner, following tips and instructions from the suspicious client.<\/p>\n It\u2019s usually women asking her to test their boyfriends.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019ll give me details of where she wants me to go with a conversation,\u201d said Savanna, talking to me from Corona, California, where she also works as a lash technician doing eyelash extensions.<\/p>\n She\u2019ll find out where the boyfriend hangs out and start up a conversation, saying she\u2019s seen him in his favourite bar, or pretending to accidentally send him direct messages and photos.<\/p>\n \u201cEither way, I will flood into his [direct messages] and say something to see if he\u2019ll reciprocate.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout the process, Savanna is updating her client, sending them screenshots of any conversations between her and the boyfriend.<\/p>\n A loyalty test can last around five days, with checkers like Savanna going as far as arranging dates with the target that they won\u2019t turn up to.<\/p>\n In a recent test, Savanna was asked to \u201cset up a date\u2026 all the way until going there\u201d.<\/p>\n She was then told to cancel on him so his girlfriend could show up instead.<\/p>\n \u2018It would be much better to talk\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n According to one relationship expert, a loyalty test is not a healthy way to build trust in your relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be much better to talk about why they feel insecure in the relationship,\u201d said Marian O\u2019Connor, consultant couple and psychosexual therapist at Tavistock Relationships.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about saying: \u2018There\u2019s something wrong with us, what\u2019s happening?\u2019 That is the important thing, not to catch them out.\u201d<\/p>\n She also advises thinking about why you don\u2019t trust your partner and whether there is something deeper going on.<\/p>\n \u201cIs this the experience you\u2019ve had in all relationships? Is this lack of trust something that is from childhood, or is it in this particular relationship?\u201d<\/p>\n The company running the loyalty tests, Lazo, says they\u2019re not trying to catch people out.<\/p>\n \u201cThere might be this misconception that we\u2019re here to entrap people,\u201d says Ashlyn Nakasu, community manager at Lazo.<\/p>\n \u201cThat really is not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n She says all the company is doing is helping people confirm what they already suspect \u2013 that their relationship is ending.<\/p>\n \u201c[Often] they just need that proof, that final kick in the butt to let them know: \u2018This is the wrong person for you\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always tell people the best first choice is to communicate with your partner. And if communication fails to exist, then you can try to have a loyalty test if you truly believe that something is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n So how much does it cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n Tests usually cost between $50 to $80 (\u00a337.50 to \u00a360) but the price ranges from checker to checker, with some charging over $100 (\u00a375) for their services.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t care about the money,\u201d says Savanna. \u201cIt\u2019s more about helping other girls because I\u2019ve been there.\u201d<\/p>\n Lazo only has one full-time checker, who is making around $3,000 a month doing loyalty tests, but there are 350-400 part-time checkers like Savanna on their books.<\/p>\n They\u2019re a new company \u2013 Lazo launched fully in January \u2013 but loyalty tests aren\u2019t a new concept.<\/p>\n The hashtag \u201cloyalty test\u201d already had millions of views on TikTok before Lazo launched, with suspicious partners often finding strangers on the internet and asking them to test their partners.<\/p>\n Lazo, says Ms Nakasu, just created \u201ca database of people that are willing to help, who know exactly what to do and know exactly what people are asking for\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI went on Facebook to see if he would go the extent of meeting up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}