Many years ago I was fortunate to win the Powerball (Lottery,etc) and I'm a newbie.  I've been a
TER/VIP for almost 2 years.  My concern is listing my information on RM2000,P411 or Date
Check.  The computer hacking of Ashley Madison, Target and Home Depot has me concerned.
All of my previous employers have closed down or gone out of business, years ago.
Should I contact a Provider and ask for a meet and greet (with roses) at a restaurant for lunch or
dinner and explain my situation?  Any comments/ideas would be appreciated.  Thank you.

You should. Order the pan cakes so she knows it's really you ...

Some providers do accept a TER Whitelist reference.  If you're a VIP member here, might be time to start building that up with providers you've already seen and reviewed.

I use Preferred 411 as it does not require verification of personally identifying information.  I do have my handle and info close enough to my personal info that if my ID is required by a provider, I can show it and explain how my personal info matches my handle.  You can start a profile for free, then if you see a provider with a P411 profile, after your visit, you can message her for an "okay" which is displayed on your profile.  You build up enough OKs, you're good to go.

And it's free for either 3 or 6 months, I forget.  If you choose to continue and pay, you can pay by cash, money order, or cc.  You pay for a year's membership and will need to renew every year.  The nice thing is if you don't renew every year, but eventually renew, your OKs are still shown on your profile!

P411 is based in Canada, along with their servers.  U.S. law enforcement can't touch them.  

If you're financially secure as you indicate, well, who cares if this gets out?  Hey, a rich guy is spending his money on "companions"!  Yeah, that *never* happens, and every member here is dirt poor or missing mortgage payments.  Unless you're married, then yeah, divorce lawyers be drooling once the fit hit the shan.

If they get hacked, well, hopefully you didn't put any seriously identifying personal data within your profile.  I at least have plausible denial if it gets hacked - close, but no cigar.

And let's look at the AM hack - it basically was a bunch of crap.  Yeah, lots of information out there, but a lot of people were smart and (again) didn't use personally identifying information.

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Odd that you are concerned about your personal info being hacked, but you have no concern about telling everybody about your financial situation.

The fact that you opened with "I was fortunate to win the Powerball" means that you will now have 1000 different providers messaging you to say that they are very eager to meet you.  Accordingly, might I suggest you hang on to your wallet!  

As for P411 and Date Check, there are ways of getting accounts with those two websites without disclosing any personal information.  You just need listed providers there to vouch for you.  I would not give those websites any personal information either by the way.   I got on board with them just by seeing newbie friendly providers.

A [ ] won the Big Ol' Lottery. At the obligatory press conference, he was asked, "What are you going to do with all that money?" He replied, "I guess I'll just keep on [ ] until the money runs out."

small independent farmer - farmin' (the original, I think)
drug addict - shootin' up
handyman - workin'
gambler - gamblin'
luthier - makin' guitars  
local musician - playin' gigs  
hobbyist - hobbyin'

1948person: I'll bet that a lot of scammers, scoundrels and scallywags have been pestering you for some of your money. NOT ME! I just want you to LEND me a couple of million for an investment that's guaranteed to go up. I'll pay you back, and more, in less than a year. I'm not like the others. You can trust me. Honest

I highly recommend P411.

Getting whitelistings here would be good enough for me, too.

I agree. I was surprised to see this question wasn't asked under an alias.

Serious answer to his question in case he reads this...

Find a well reviewed lady or two who is newbie friendly, review them and I think with DC once he has seen a DC member as you said he can get on DC by having her Okay him. Same with P411.  

And of course when contacting a lady or meeting with her just leave the PowerBall thing out of the conversation.

Steph xoxo

Meet and greets - there have been so many stories about those going wrong and dudes taking pictures or set ups, I personally would not advise any woman to do it... I know I wouldn't.

My biggest piece of advice is to not discuss any type of income. Ever. Just pay. If you want to keep seeing her, don't say you're completely broke. If you do want to keep seeing her, but she goes BSC and starts sticking you up for money, say you're broke.

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