Phantom post on a thread

[Dontbelieveawordofit]

I've been advised to post this here but I'll just copy and paste my original message:

I've just been on a thread posted by someone who is finding it hard getting over the fact their partner had decided to end their marriage a few months ago. As I was nearing the end of reading the posts, one appeared by someone called @debra11 which said something like 'I was so glad I got my boyfriend back after 6 months with the help of Dr....' then went onto give website name and phone number of some ridiculous website where you contact them and they put a spell on you and you get your ex back.

I quickly posted a comment saying how sick it was to prey on the vulnerable with such a scam.

After posting I scrolled back to have a proper look as I was going to (1) report the post and (2) have a quick Google to see what the actual scam was but the post (not the whole thread, just that one particular post) had completely disappeared. Not deleted or withdrawn by MN, but simply just not there. All there is my post calling them sick!

Am I going insane? Did I actually see it? Anyone else come across anything like this?

Hi @Dontbelieveawordofit - thanks for asking about this. We think the post you saw was one of many posted by a dodgy spammer. In such cases we sometimes hit the button to completely zap all posts, which is why it would have disappeared completely from the thread.

Sorry if you thought you were going mad. Would you like us to remove your post from the thread, as it's referring to the now invisible post?

@DawnMumsnet thank you for replying and making ne feel sane agsin! Yes, please delete my post. Thank you