Dear Users, while you start
communicating with other profile member, who had accepted your "express
interest offer" or vice-versa, we suggest to read the following:
Our Website aims to provide you with a safe
& secure environment in which you search and find your life partner.
·Our
Customer Relations team ensures that every profile put up at avemariachristianmatrimony.com
is screened for irrelevant and/or inappropriate content.
·We
also have strict abuse-prevention and reporting systems for those that do get
through our screening systems.
However, in ensuring your safety &
privacy, we're limited to actions that are within our control. Therefore, it is
necessary for you to exercise some simple precautions for your privacy &
for a safe and secure experience.
Here are some simple guidelines YOU can
follow to protect your privacy.
1. Guard your anonymity our system of anonymous contacting
(expressing interest, accepting/declining), and private messaging (Communicate
section) is to ensure that your identity is protected until YOU decide to
reveal it.
Do
Remember that you are in control of your online experience at all times. You
can remain completely anonymous until YOU choose not to.
Don't
Don't include your personal contact information like name, email address,
home address, telephone numbers, place of work or any other identifying
information in your initial messages.
Don't send contact information until your instincts tell you that this is
someone you can trust. It's okay to take your time.
2. Start slow - Use
emails initially set up a separate email account for
communicating. Trust your instincts and start by sharing only your email
address and communicating solely via email.
Do
Look for odd behavior or inconsistencies. Serious people will respect your
space and allow you to take your time.
Ask a friend to read the emails you receive - an unbiased observer can spot
warning signs you missed.
Stop communicating with anyone who pressures you for personal information or
attempts in any way to trick you into revealing it.
Don't
Dont use signature lines in your emails that include your phone numbers and
addresses.
Don't use your regular or official email id for communicating with a person
you don't know well.
3. Request for a photo A photo will give you a good idea of
the person's appearance, which may prove helpful in achieving a gut feeling.
Do
You can use the Photo Request option on Wiwaah.com. Since Wiwaah.com offers
free scanning & upload services to its members, there's no reason someone
shouldn't be able to provide you a photo.
In fact, it's best to view several images of someone in various settings:
casual, formal, indoors and outdoors. If all you hear are excuses about why you
can't see a photo, consider that he or she has something to hide.
4. Chat on the phone A phone call can reveal much about a
person's communication and social skills. Consider your security and do not
reveal your personal phone number to a stranger.
Do
Use a pre paid mobile phone number or use local telephone blocking techniques
to prevent your phone number from appearing in Caller ID. Only furnish your
phone number when you feel completely comfortable and have some background
information on the other person.
If someone gives you a phone number with a strange area code, check it out to
make sure it's not a charge number before you make the call.
5. Meet when YOU are
ready
The beauty of meeting online is that you can collect information gradually,
later choosing whether to pursue the relationship in the offline world. You
never are obligated to meet anyone. Go at your own pace!
Do
Remember that you are in control when it comes to taking an online
relationship offline.
Even if you decide to arrange a meeting, you always have the right to change
your mind. It's possible that your decision to keep the relationship at the
anonymous level is based on a hunch that you can't logically explain. Trust
yourself. Go with your instincts.
6. Meet in a safe place
When you choose to meet offline it is a good idea to try and include either or
both of your families. But if you trust the person enough to meet alone always
tell a friend or your family where you are going and when you will return.
Do
When you decide to meet face to face with someone for the first time, choose
a public place (such as a restaurant / cafe) at a time when many people are
around and ensure your own transportation to and fro.
For the first meeting it is always good not to meet the other person alone. Take
a friend or relative along and ask him/her to do the same.
In case you do decide to meet him/her alone leave the name, address and
telephone number of the person you are going to meet with your friend or family
member. Take a cellular phone along with you.
Don't
Never arrange for your prospective match to pick you up or drop you at home.
Do not go to a secluded place or a movie alone at the first meeting.
7. Watch for warning
signs Watching for warning signs and acting
upon it is the surest way to avoid an uncomfortable situation.
Do
Ask a lot of questions and watch for inconsistencies. This will help you
detect liars & cons, and it will help you find out if you're compatible.
Pay attention to displays of anger, intense frustration or attempts to
pressure or control you. Acting in a resentful manner, making demeaning or
disrespectful comments, or any physically inappropriate behavior are all
warning signs.
Involve your family or your close friends in your search for a life partner
and do not take a decision unilaterally.
Don't
Don't ignore the following behavior specially if it is without an acceptable
explanation:
o Provides inconsistent information about age, interests, appearance, marital
status, profession, employment, etc.
o Fails to provide direct answers to direct questions
o Appears significantly different in person from his or her online persona
o Never introduces you to friends, professional associates or family members
8. Beware of money
scams
Watch out for money scams. There are just too many con artists and scam artists
around the world, and they are everywhere.
Do
Be wary of those who try to ask money from you for whatever reason. But it
would be safer to cut off the communication. Remember a genuine person will not
ask you for money in any circumstance. If someone asks you for money, use
common sense and never give in to such requests
In case someone asks you for money report the situation to us.
Don't
Take all the time you need to decide on a trustworthy person and pay careful
attention along the way. Be responsible about romance, and don't fall for the
oldest con tricks of people who shower love and affection at the first instance
and disappear later. Don't become prematurely close to someone, even if that intimacy
only occurs online.
Using your own good judgment is your best bet because ultimately you are
responsible for your personal experience. Trust your instincts and then move
ahead with the right person!
If you do have an unpleasant experience you
can always report it to the authorities. avemariachristianmatrimony.com works with CRIME
CELL avemariachristianmatrimony.com will support
Police in cases where members report wrongdoing by another member to the Police
(Cyber Crime Investigation Cell) to tackle fraudulent people.
Report any attacks or threats - Don't be
embarrassed to report problems to the police. Remember, if you don't report
them, the same thing could happen to someone else. avemariachristianmatrimony.com
will extend any support required by the Cyber Crime Cell in cases
reported to them.
Through this initiative, avemariachristianmatrimony.com wishes to bring its
users closer to the Police, and to make the site that much more safe and
secure.
To report fraud or misuse, write to us giving
full details of your case.
