Request to be a Mod

[MoonWater]

I recieved this PM from someone who wants me to be mod in his forum. At first I was excited but as I took a closer look I started getting bad vibes. He has no posts, only like ten frubals, joined just recently, and his title said he'd been banned. His username is marlonwilkins and here's a copy of the messgage he sent me.

i would like you to be a moderator for my forum, i need 2 moderators, and i would like for you to be one, so register with your email address and bookmark the page and post some new topics, thank you my new moderator

I left the link out in case it is a scam or something. I just wanted to know if anyone else has recieved any PMs like this or if you agree that this might be a scam. Maybe I'm just being paranoid but it seemed dubious and well better safe than sorry.

[robtex]

MoonWater, he pm'd many of the mod's on here with the same thing so we banned him for spamming the forum. His purpose on here was to recruit for his forum. Didn't realize he was pmming members. I think he wanted a bunch of us to log onto his forum. I don't think anything bad would happen if you went to his forum, we just don't want our members badgered with mass emails and usually ban blanket advertisers on sight.

[MoonWater]

ok, thanks.

[robtex]

Originally Posted by MoonWater

ok, thanks.

as a footnote, a lot smarter spammers will realize that pm'ing a mod with their span = ban and will instead mass pm members steering around staff. If that ever happens to you guys making a thread about it is cool as well as pm a staffer online.

We want you to feel protected on here from spam as members but sometimes we need your help when it is pming behind the scenes.

[Mike182]

wow, some spammers really a pointless... i wish we could see some more creativity and originality in our spammers!