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Website Address

You may have noticed that the top-level domain for this website is org.
I would love for you to buy services offered on this website if they are appropriate for you, but in my case the org top-level domain does not mean that I am organized as any kind of charity.
It is simply because I had limited options to choose from.
If you are unfamiliar with language such as top-level domain, please read my web page Understanding Website Addresses.
While that page does define terms such as top-level domain, it is not important to memorize jargon.
The concepts are important to remember.

Website Goal

The goal of this website is to spread awareness of internet scams.
Scams on the internet are now extremely common, especially on dating websites.
I would like to have children.
English is the only language that I am proficient in, so I would likely be raising them in the United States.
In the United States, university prestige and cost of attendance are strongly correlated.
If my family were to be competing for admission against scammers that have large amounts of money to donate to universities, my children would not really be competing at all.
When you give money to a scammer, in addition to the impact on your own family, you are making it harder for all honest people to compete.

Challenges

A great many people believe that either:

For the overwhelming most part, both points of view are false.
While anyone would be foolish to think that he or she is immune to internet scams, some basic information can prevent many scams.
You may know a small number of people with disabilities that would prevent them from understanding that basic information.
Please do what you can do protect them from those who would take advantage of them.

Website Functionality

This website will have the following functionality:

  1. Information on how to recognize common internet scams.
    That information will be intended for all visitors to this website.
    When you recognize a given internet scam, please do not explain to the scammer how you recognized the scam.
    If a scammer is convinced that you will not fall prey to a scam, he or she may ignore whatever you have to say and quickly move on to the next victim.
    However, some scammers will incorporate your feedback into an improved version of a scam.
  2. A dating introduction service intended for a relatively small number of people.
    Why a small number of people?
    Because I will be meeting each person over video chat before introducing him or her to others.