PMs from new users?

[just another ref]

I got his message too, so that "esteemed members only" thing bites the dust.
I answered and suggested that he put his questions in one or more threads. Guess he's shy out in public.

[26 Year Gap]

I told him to go to a local HS game and ask those guys.

[stiffler3492]

I got it, and the message said that The_Rookie also got it. Any evidence that it might be spam?

They are all legitimate questions, so I'm inclined to answer them.

[Adam]

I answered, and he said he was in Illinois, so I referred him to a couple regulars here from there. Haven't heard from him since. Just be sure to not give any personal information. I would just refer him to names and numbers that are already publicly available.

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I answered, and he said he was in Illinois, so I referred him to a couple regulars here from there. Haven't heard from him since. Just be sure to not give any personal information. I would just refer him to names and numbers that are already publicly available.

Good advice. There seem to be quite a few of us from Illinois on here.

[refiator]

Obviously not just the "esteemed" members....I got it as well. See no reason not to try and help out. Any way he is targeting "veteran" refs??

[BktBallRef]

I had my PMs turned off.

[grunewar]

So, now that several of you have replied - anyone get a thank you or comments back from your reply?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

I got it, and the message said that The_Rookie also got it. Any evidence that it might be spam?

The only evidence is that seemingly the exact same message was sent to multiple people at roughly the same time by a user with zero posts, when it would have been much easier to simply post in the forum. That smells to me like an automated process.

Not definitive, by any means, but very suspicious to me.