That can give false positive result, someone ask you for advice and you say "report it to moderator, write this in comments: (insert comment)".
This sounds like a mdayonliner-style "mentoring" excuse
According to Occam, the probability of a "fake newbie" (born knowing everything about forum's inner workings) asking a seasoned scammer for advice on reporting posts would be similar to the probability of said scammer having a confidential source for all this shit that he comes up with.