yes it's a lie. it's too good to be true that they think people will actually believe it. with the reputation because of the scam accusation to them, there is even a chance that they will not let users withdraw than shouldering fees.
Actually, they are shilling for Adkins, probably bumping service. And of course, they are laying according to us. But the question is how moderators would determine if they are really laying? It'd easy to guess for us. Even moderators could guess but they can't take any action or delete posts based on a guess. They are taking advantage of the forum rule's loophole.
Self moderating threads are moderated by the creator itself so moderator is not going to involve anything related to it.
Moderators still would be involved if the creator doing anything wrong against forum rules. Doesn't matter if the post is self-moderated or not.
Adkins was recently exposed by DireWolfM14 because of their
army of alts and it looks like there's more to the ones exposed who are now shilling for them after the temporary ban.