Hi Julia,
First, thank you so much for taking care of a recent spam I received. I just wanted to let you know a couple of things that happened that did not allow me to follow all of the steps you outlined above. When I typically click on a comment on a Post, I can click on the "Take Action" tab and select "Report Reply." When I received a "Private Message", this feature was not available. I tried to find your name when searching for members but your name did not appear in the listing. I reached out to another member as a last resort and she was able to get the message to you.
I happened to "cut and paste" the message and included the spam member name. I'm not sure I would know how to "link" the original message to a message that gets sent to you so additional info on how to do that would be helpful. And lastly, I was wary about touching anything relative to the spam message as I didn't know if it would open more of a problem after clicking on any additional parts of the message.
This is the first time this has happened to me on this site and I knew it would be resolved quickly. I appreciate all of the time and energy it must take you on a daily basis to keep the site clean and in check. Always grateful for your site and your attention to the details.
Diane.