~scam
Is this for real? Brand new member with no posts? The Electrum website says to come here for support.
No... it isn't real. As you rightly suspected this is a total scam. DO NOT trust anything that isn't explicitly mentioned on the Electrum website:
https://electrum.org/#communityKudos to you for being naturally suspicious and asking questions.
Sadly, Electrum is suffering from a form of "
Tall Poppy Syndrome"... being one of the most popular wallets with a large userbase makes them a high profile target for scammers and hackers
