# Moderation tools for chat?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools-for-chat/279302>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [September 17, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools-for-chat/279302 "2023-09-17T17:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![piffy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/piffy/32/254198_2.png) [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools-for-chat/279302/1 "2023-09-17T17:19:51Z")

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I just found out today that there was a scammer on my forum. They had zero public interactions (post/likes) but would chat message members who were looking to buy certain items and pretend that they owned them. This looks to have happened to over a dozen users until one messaged me about the suspicious individual.

Without this tip, I’d have no way of knowing this was happening. Is there anything in place that could help flag individuals who are TL0 but direct message/chat with multiple members?

I’m also thinking about adding a little blurb that pops up in DM and chat similar to this one:

 ![Screenshot_20230917_131531](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/7/f/47ffb0e99b937677d56b4cc610a8fabf237f9083.jpeg)  
But instead offers a warning that they are talking to a user at TL0 and to be mindful about any transactions performed.

So my question is, which tools if any are available to me today? Would there be a general benefit to the feature I described above or is it too specific to my forum?

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