I can assure you that the person who contacted you was most definitely
NOT a Jagex employee.
Invitations to become a PMod will only ever be sent via the inbox.
In addition, Jagex employees always have the word "Mod" as the first part of their name, and a gold crown will appear in front of their name in any chat window (including PM)).
You did the right thing in declining as they would probably have directed you to a website designed to steal your login details.
I've hidden your post to hide the name you mentioned.
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
ah okay, sorry about that, I reported them anyway. thank you so much for this, though I am now a bit gutted haha... sorry for the inconvience and thank you.