Many of us have received emails saying ( ) has left a note in our profile. If the text of the note doesn't sound like the tone of most of the AVM posters here, it's likely spam. The bots are fishing for good emails. If you send messages THROUGH the AVM site, you personal email is protected.
The moderators are busy deleting these phonies as they show up. I think Shalon has been our front line of defense!