Community Guidelines

Damascus Projects Last Updated: 16th November 2025

1. About These Community Guidelines

Damascus Projects is a platform designed to help business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, firms, institutions, and other eligible users discover and communicate with one another.

Our platform may provide features including live video streaming, video prototypes, business and project profiles, messaging, private video communication, and other tools that facilitate introductions and communication between users.

These Community Guidelines explain the standards we expect everyone to follow when using Damascus Projects.

They apply to all activity on the platform, including:

Profiles and account information
Business and project listings
Investor profiles
Live streams
Video prototypes
Comments and reactions
Private and public communications
Messages and other user-generated content
Links and promotional material
Interactions between investors and business owners
Any other activity conducted through Damascus Projects

These Guidelines should be read together with our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Business Listing Rules, and Video Content Rules, where applicable.

2. Our Community Standard

Damascus Projects is intended to be a professional environment for meaningful introductions and communication.

We expect users to:

Be honest.
Represent themselves accurately.
Respect other users.
Provide truthful information about businesses and projects.
Avoid misleading financial claims.
Protect confidential and personal information.
Use the platform for legitimate purposes.
Respect intellectual-property rights.
Communicate professionally.
Follow applicable laws and regulations.

The fact that a person or business is permitted to use Damascus Projects does not mean that Damascus Projects has verified, endorsed, guaranteed, recommended, or approved that person, business, project, investment, transaction, visa application, or other opportunity.

3. Be Honest About Who You Are

Users must provide accurate information about their identity and role.

You must not:

Pretend to be another person.
Use another person's identity without authorization.
Create an account using false information.
Impersonate an investor, business owner, company, institution, government official, employee, representative, or other person.
Misrepresent your relationship with Damascus Projects.
Claim to be an employee, agent, representative, partner, investor, financier, or authorized representative of Damascus Projects when you are not.
Use another person's photograph or identifying information in a misleading manner.
Create multiple accounts for the purpose of deceiving, manipulating, or circumventing platform rules.

Where Damascus Projects requires verification, users must provide truthful information and must not attempt to manipulate or bypass the verification process.

4. No False Representation of Damascus Projects

Damascus Projects takes unauthorized representation seriously.

Unless expressly authorized in writing, no user may claim that they:

Work for Damascus Projects.
Represent Damascus Projects.
Collect money on behalf of Damascus Projects.
Process applications on behalf of Damascus Projects.
Recruit people on behalf of Damascus Projects.
Guarantee financing on behalf of Damascus Projects.
Guarantee an investment through Damascus Projects.
Have been appointed as an agent of Damascus Projects.

Users should be particularly cautious if another person asks them to send money to a personal bank account or payment account while claiming to represent Damascus Projects.

Suspected unauthorized representatives should be reported to Damascus Projects through the official reporting channel.

5. Use Real and Genuine Business Information

Business owners and project creators must make reasonable efforts to ensure that information they publish is accurate and not intentionally misleading.

Do not:

Invent a business that does not exist while presenting it as an operating business.
Falsify business ownership.
Falsify financial records.
Falsify customer numbers.
Falsify revenue or profitability.
Misrepresent products or services.
Use fabricated testimonials.
Claim contracts or partnerships that do not exist.
Claim licenses, certifications, approvals, awards, or registrations that you do not have.
Misrepresent the stage or progress of a project.
Deliberately hide material information in order to mislead another user.

Where information is an estimate, projection, target, assumption, or future expectation, users should present it as such.

6. No Guaranteed Investment Claims

Damascus Projects is an introduction and communication platform.

Users must not use the platform to present uncertain financial outcomes as guaranteed results.

Statements such as guaranteed profits, guaranteed returns, guaranteed appreciation, or guaranteed investment success may be misleading and are prohibited where they misrepresent the actual level of certainty.

Users must not pressure another person into making a financial decision by falsely claiming that an opportunity is:

Risk-free;
Guaranteed;
Approved by Damascus Projects;
Guaranteed by Damascus Projects;
Guaranteed by a government or financial institution when it is not;
Available for only a fabricated limited period; or
Certain to produce a particular financial return.

Users are responsible for conducting their own appropriate due diligence before entering into any transaction.

7. Damascus Projects Does Not Endorse User Opportunities

A user's presence on the platform does not constitute an endorsement by Damascus Projects.

Damascus Projects does not automatically verify:

The financial performance of a business;
The profitability of a project;
The identity or reputation of every user;
The legality of every user proposal;
The financial capacity of an investor;
The accuracy of every statement made by a user;
The likelihood that an investment will succeed.

Users should independently verify information before relying on it.

8. Respectful Communication

Treat other members with respect.

You must not engage in:

Harassment;
Bullying;
Intimidation;
Persistent unwanted contact;
Personal attacks;
Abusive communication;
Threats;
Humiliation;
Deliberate provocation;
Repeated unwanted solicitation;
Doxxing or publication of another person's private information;
Attempts to frighten or coerce another user.

Disagreements about business ideas, valuations, investments, products, or opinions are permitted.

Personal abuse is not.

9. Discrimination and Hateful Conduct

Damascus Projects does not permit content that attacks, dehumanizes, or promotes hatred against people based on protected characteristics.

Users must not use the platform to promote hatred, dehumanization, or discriminatory abuse against individuals or groups.

Professional disagreement is acceptable. Abusive attacks are not.

10. Threats and Violence

Users must not use Damascus Projects to:

Threaten another person;
Encourage violence;
Promote violent wrongdoing;
Intimidate users through threats;
Coordinate unlawful violence; or
Encourage another person to harm themselves or someone else.

Content involving violence may be removed where necessary to protect the community.

11. Sexual and Exploitative Content

Damascus Projects is a professional platform.

Users must not use the platform to publish or distribute sexually explicit or exploitative material.

The platform must not be used for the sexual exploitation of any person, including minors.

Users must never request, share, trade, or distribute sexual material involving minors.

12. Illegal or Dangerous Activities

Damascus Projects must not be used to facilitate unlawful activities.

Users must not use the platform to promote, organize, sell, distribute, or facilitate illegal goods or services.

This includes attempts to use the platform to facilitate fraud, theft, trafficking, unlawful financial activity, or other serious wrongdoing.

13. Fraud, Scams, and Deception

Fraudulent activity is prohibited.

Examples include:

Fake investment opportunities;
Ponzi or pyramid schemes presented deceptively;
Fake businesses;
Fake identities;
Fake documents;
Fake financial statements;
Fraudulent payment requests;
Phishing;
Fake fundraising campaigns;
Misleading promises of guaranteed financial returns;
Requests for money based on false claims;
Fraudulent impersonation;
Fabricated partnerships or endorsements;
Manipulation of users into sending money or personal information.

Damascus Projects may remove content, restrict accounts, suspend accounts, or terminate accounts where there is reasonable concern about fraudulent activity.

Where appropriate, suspected criminal activity may be reported to relevant authorities.

14. Visa Financing-Related Conduct

Where Damascus Projects offers a visa financing program, users must accurately understand the role of Damascus Projects.

Damascus Projects does not represent itself as an immigration authority, visa-issuing authority, recruitment agency, or visa-processing authority merely because it provides financing-related services.

Users must not:

Claim to be an immigration agent for Damascus Projects without authorization;
Guarantee visa approval;
Guarantee immigration approval;
Promise employment or immigration outcomes that they cannot guarantee;
Collect money from applicants while falsely claiming to represent Damascus Projects;
Submit fraudulent information or documents;
Misrepresent the purpose or status of a visa application.

Where an independent immigration, education, recruitment, or other professional service provider is involved, that provider remains responsible for the services it provides.

15. Do Not Request Unnecessary Personal Information

Users should respect the privacy of other members.

Do not publicly post or request unnecessary:

Home addresses;
Passwords;
Bank login information;
Payment-card information;
Government identification numbers;
Private financial credentials;
Authentication codes;
Security questions;
Other sensitive personal information.

Never ask another user to provide their password or security code.

If personal information is required for a legitimate business purpose, users should use appropriate and lawful methods to obtain it.

16. Protect Confidential Business Information

Business owners may use Damascus Projects to introduce their businesses or ideas to potential investors.

However, users should exercise appropriate judgment before publishing confidential information.

Do not publish another person's:

Trade secrets;
Confidential business records;
Private financial information;
Unpublished intellectual property;
Confidential contracts;
Private correspondence;
Personal information;

without appropriate authorization.

Damascus Projects cannot guarantee that information voluntarily disclosed to other users will remain confidential after it has been shared with them.

17. Intellectual Property

Users must respect intellectual-property rights.

You must not upload or distribute content that you do not have the right to use.

This includes:

Copyrighted videos;
Photographs;
Music;
Logos;
Brand assets;
Software;
Presentations;
Documents;
Business materials;
Trademarks;
Other protected works.

If you believe your intellectual-property rights have been violated, you should report the content through the appropriate complaint channel.

18. Live Streaming Standards

Live streaming is an important feature of Damascus Projects.

Users who participate in live streams must maintain professional conduct.

During a live stream, users must not:

Harass participants;
Intentionally disrupt the broadcast;
Spam comments;
Make fraudulent claims;
Impersonate another person;
Promote prohibited activities;
Display prohibited content;
Deliberately misrepresent Damascus Projects;
Manipulate viewers through deceptive claims;
Repeatedly interrupt or abuse other participants.

Hosts may remove participants from their live sessions where the platform permits this functionality.

Damascus Projects may also intervene where a live stream violates these Guidelines or applicable law.

19. Video Prototypes and Business Presentations

Business owners may use video prototypes to explain their businesses, products, services, projects, or ideas.

Video prototypes should be:

Relevant;
Truthful;
Professional;
Understandable;
Lawful;
Respectful.

Do not use video prototypes to:

Present fabricated businesses;
Publish fraudulent financial information;
Misrepresent ownership;
Infringe another person's intellectual property;
Promote illegal activities;
Make deliberately deceptive claims;
Publish harmful or prohibited content.

20. Investor Conduct

Investors using Damascus Projects should interact with business owners professionally.

Investors should not:

Misrepresent their financial capacity;
Pretend to represent an institution without authorization;
Demand unlawful payments;
Use the platform to harass entrepreneurs;
Obtain confidential information through deception;
Misrepresent investment decisions;
Promise investment solely to obtain personal benefits through deception;
Pressure users into unlawful transactions.

An investor's interest in a business does not create an obligation for either party to complete a transaction.

21. Business Owner Conduct

Business owners should provide accurate information and communicate professionally.

Business owners must not:

Fabricate business performance;
Misrepresent ownership;
Claim investment has already been secured when it has not;
Use fake testimonials;
Mislead investors about the purpose of funds;
Submit fraudulent documents;
Repeatedly spam investors;
Pressure investors through harassment;
Misrepresent another business as their own.

Business owners are responsible for the information they provide.

22. No Spam

Damascus Projects is not a platform for mass unsolicited communication.

Users must not:

Send repetitive unwanted messages;
Flood live-stream comments;
Create accounts solely for spam;
Send automated unsolicited messages;
Repeatedly contact users who have indicated that they do not wish to communicate;
Promote unrelated products or services excessively.

23. No Manipulation of the Platform

Users must not attempt to manipulate platform features, rankings, engagement, visibility, or other users.

This includes:

Fake accounts;
Fake engagement;
Artificial views;
Automated account creation;
Manipulated reviews;
Coordinated deceptive activity;
Exploiting technical vulnerabilities;
Circumventing account restrictions;
Using bots or automation where prohibited.

24. Advertising and Promotion

Promotional content must be truthful and appropriate.

Users must not:

Make deceptive advertising claims;
Pretend that Damascus Projects endorses a product without authorization;
Use false scarcity;
Publish fake testimonials;
Misrepresent prices;
Misrepresent products or services;
Conceal material terms of an offer.

Damascus Projects may restrict promotional content where necessary to maintain the quality of the platform.

25. External Links

Users may not use external links to direct other users to malicious, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful websites or services.

Links must not be used for:

Phishing;
Malware distribution;
Identity theft;
Fraud;
Deceptive payment requests;
Other unlawful purposes.

Users should exercise caution before opening external links or sending money to another user.

26. Technical Abuse

Users must not attempt to interfere with the operation or security of Damascus Projects.

Prohibited conduct includes:

Hacking;
Unauthorized access;
Attempting to access another user's account;
Introducing malicious software;
Circumventing security measures;
Scraping information in violation of applicable rules;
Attacking platform infrastructure;
Deliberately disrupting live streams or services.

27. Private Messages and Communications

Our community standards apply to private communications conducted through Damascus Projects as well as public content.

Users should not assume that private communication gives them permission to:

Harass another user;
Commit fraud;
Threaten someone;
Distribute prohibited content;
Request sensitive information improperly;
Conduct unlawful activities.

Where permitted by law and necessary to enforce our policies, Damascus Projects may investigate reports concerning private communications.

28. Transactions Between Users

Damascus Projects primarily facilitates introductions and communication between users.

A user-to-user transaction is not automatically a transaction with Damascus Projects.

Before entering into a transaction, users should independently consider:

Who they are dealing with;
Whether the information provided is accurate;
Whether the person has authority to make the offer;
Whether required licenses or approvals exist;
Whether the transaction is lawful;
The risks involved;
The applicable contractual terms.

Users should not assume that the existence of a profile or listing constitutes a guarantee by Damascus Projects.

29. False Reviews and Testimonials

Users must not create or submit fake reviews, testimonials, endorsements, or recommendations.

You must not:

Review your own business deceptively;
Create fake customer identities;
Pay or pressure people to submit misleading reviews;
Impersonate another customer;
Manipulate ratings through fake accounts.

30. Respect Other People's Decisions

Users must respect another person's decision not to communicate, invest, participate, purchase, or continue a conversation.

Do not repeatedly pressure another user after they have clearly declined.

Professional persuasion is different from harassment or coercion.

31. Reporting Violations

If you believe that another user has violated these Community Guidelines, you should report the matter through the reporting mechanism provided by Damascus Projects.

When making a report, provide enough information for Damascus Projects to understand the concern.

Where appropriate, this may include:

Username or profile;
Relevant listing;
Live-stream information;
Approximate date and time;
Description of the conduct;
Relevant screenshots or other evidence.

Do not expose unnecessary personal information when submitting a report.

32. False or Malicious Reports

Reports should be made honestly.

Users must not deliberately submit false reports to:

Harass another person;
Remove a legitimate competitor;
Damage someone's reputation;
Manipulate platform enforcement;
Retaliate against another user.

Repeated abuse of the reporting system may itself result in enforcement action.

33. Moderation and Enforcement

Damascus Projects may take reasonable action when content or conduct violates these Guidelines, our Terms of Use, applicable law, or creates a significant risk to users or the platform.

Depending on the circumstances, actions may include:

Warning the user;
Removing content;
Limiting visibility;
Removing a listing;
Ending a live stream;
Restricting certain platform features;
Temporarily suspending an account;
Permanently terminating an account;
Preserving relevant information where legally permitted or required;
Reporting suspected unlawful conduct to appropriate authorities where appropriate.

The action taken may depend on the seriousness, frequency, and circumstances of the violation.

34. Serious Violations

Damascus Projects may take immediate action where there is a serious risk to users, including suspected:

Fraud;
Identity theft;
Financial scams;
Serious threats;
Exploitation;
Child sexual exploitation;
Serious harassment;
Unauthorized access;
Malware or cyberattacks;
Impersonation of Damascus Projects;
Other serious unlawful conduct.

35. Appeals

Where an account or content is restricted under these Guidelines, Damascus Projects may provide an opportunity to appeal where appropriate.

An appeal should explain:

What action was taken;
Why you believe it was incorrect;
Any relevant information that should be reconsidered.

Damascus Projects may maintain reasonable procedures and time limits for appeals.

36. Emergencies

Damascus Projects is not an emergency-response service.

If you believe that someone faces an immediate danger, contact the appropriate emergency service or law-enforcement authority in your location.

Do not rely on a platform report as a substitute for contacting emergency services.

37. Cooperation With Lawful Authorities

Damascus Projects may cooperate with lawful requests from competent authorities where required or permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these Guidelines prevents Damascus Projects from taking steps necessary to protect users, the platform, or the rights of others.

38. No Guarantee of User Conduct

Although Damascus Projects establishes these Community Guidelines and may take enforcement action, we cannot guarantee that every user will comply with them.

Users remain responsible for their own conduct and decisions.

Damascus Projects does not assume responsibility for every statement, promise, transaction, agreement, investment decision, business relationship, or other interaction between users merely because the interaction occurred through the platform.

39. Professionalism Over Perfection

Damascus Projects is intended to bring people together.

We understand that users may:

Disagree;
Ask difficult questions;
Challenge business assumptions;
Reject proposals;
Negotiate;
Criticize business ideas;
Have different opinions.

That is acceptable.

The goal is not to eliminate disagreement.

The goal is to ensure that disagreement remains honest, lawful, and respectful.

40. Changes to These Guidelines

Damascus Projects may update these Community Guidelines from time to time to reflect:

Changes to the platform;
New features;
Changes in law;
New safety risks;
Changes in community standards;
Lessons learned from platform operations.

The latest version will be made available through the platform or website.

41. Contact and Reporting

Questions, complaints, or reports concerning these Community Guidelines should be submitted through:

Company: Damascus Projects
Website: https://damascusprojects.com/
Community/Support Email: Info@damascusprojects.com
Privacy/DPO Contact: Privacy@damascusprojects.com
Registered Address: 19 Emma Abimbola Cole, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos Nigeria

42. Our Community Promise

Damascus Projects exists to make meaningful introductions easier.

We want business owners to have the opportunity to present their businesses and ideas professionally and for investors and other participants to communicate in an environment built around honesty, respect, and responsible conduct.

Be genuine.
Be professional.
Be respectful.
Be truthful.
Do your own due diligence.

By using Damascus Projects, you agree to respect these Community Guidelines and contribute to a professional community.

Damascus Projects — Connecting People. Creating Opportunities.

Last Updated: 16th November 2025
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