@ Author,
Process (social) flow;
1. Ask her first to ask this gentleman name / address of Police Station under whose Jurisdiction his ordinary residence is.
2. The moment above is asked either this gentleman will vanish from dating scene and or he will provide the correct info to the lady in waiting.
3. If the gentleman vanishes then say loudly god saved the lady from such frauds. And/or if the gentleman provides correct info as asked then all the lady has to do is to send a letter (with her email address / fax no.) to the Jurisdiction Police Station to issue “Character Certificate with marital status” of the gentleman after due verification for marriage purpose. What will come out of the verification is ‘criminal activity” status of this gentleman which even a first semester student knows you will pounce on me - righto.
Now people will say what rubbish ways sometimes I provide remedies here. For which I rebut take a chill – pill readers and ask yourself when police (local area beat constable) arrives at your door steps for character verification donot he asks your marital status as one of his intrusive regular question? If the gentlemen says 'widower' then next sniffing que. police may ask is to show proof of her death – righto. So once this is made part of verification exercise in the name of “character verification” and police replies to the lady then bingo as we say in church banda sahi tha aur sahi kaha raha tha shaadi kar lete hai aab J
Unlike few European and North American continent in India we don’t have any system in place to seek "marital status verification services authenticated by Central Govt." reason being marital laws are given status of as far as possible in-camera proceedings to protect amachi females and in such forum queries bechara would be male gets suffocated on the run:-)
Any other ways out whose special knowledge you have do make me aware of the same as part of forum knowledge sharing exercise!