# Spam or real message from VI?
**URL:** https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [May 29, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165 "2022-05-29T14:56:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@TeresaC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TeresaC)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165/1 "2022-05-29T14:56:49Z")
After commenting in a forum discussion I got two emails: one from “system via the Artist’s community by the Virtual Instructor” telling me I have reached a new trust level and the other from Discobot via the artist’s community inviting me to find out more about advanced features. These look phishy to me. Anyone else get them?
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### Author:  [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165/2 "2022-05-29T23:18:08Z")
No I did not not get them
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165/3 "2022-05-30T04:58:46Z")
Did it say something like this @TeresaC ? Jesus loves you!!!
_Reply to this message with `@discobot start advanced tutorial` to find out more about what you can do._
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### Author:  [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165/4 "2022-05-31T19:32:44Z")
Hi Teresa,
The first message seems genuine to me. I got some when I first joined the Forum. Everytime you pass a certain level (such as several postings, comments, or likes) you reach a certain status in the statistics of the forum. This gives you an additional “trust level” in the forum. I never received the second one. My suggestion would be to send this directly to Matt (via the Site Feedback or E-mail) to find out if he is aware of this message.
Patricia
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### Author:  [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/spam-or-real-message-from-vi/2165/5 "2022-06-03T21:53:17Z")
Hi Teresa. I found the information about Discobot. It is legitimate and it is the tool that is used for the Forum. It is an invitation to participate in discussions with a different tool. I am not sure how it works. I found this by going to my profile, then activity then selecting Mentions (left hand side) and there it was, the earliest message from Discobot. Hope this helps.