All the newbies just ignore unsolicited PMs to you and even to the oldies; these scammers will choose the newbies first because they're not aware of how they can be scammed. Especially if it involves making some money and they want you to go to another website or messaging app because they can get away from you easily if you've been brought to there. And do not be greedy because that's where it is gonna start for someone to entertain these messages. If you are not greedy then you're not going to entertain them.
The best advice to newbies is to ignore unsolicited PMs, it is not a crime if you don't respond to a PM especially the ones that wants to lead a discussion outside the forum. Secondly is for newbies not to click on any links that are sent privately, it could be a phishing link that will direct them to where they will be scammed. It is sad that scammers will use a reputable forum like this to mislead newbies because the newbies will believe almost anything that they are told privately thinking that it must be correct and authentic. Bitcointalk is a reputable forum but it's not every members of the community that have integrity so newbies should know this and not totally trust anything that they are told in private, this is an open forum and whatever anybody has to say should be said in the open.