diff --git a/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js b/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
index f2720bd..41ce09a 100644
--- a/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
+++ b/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ async function attachmentToEvent(mentions, attachment) {
 /**
  * @param {DiscordTypes.APIMessage} message
  * @param {DiscordTypes.APIGuild} guild
- * @param {{includeReplyFallback?: boolean, includeEditFallbackStar?: boolean, alwaysReturnFormattedBody?: boolean}} options default values:
+ * @param {{includeReplyFallback?: boolean, includeEditFallbackStar?: boolean, alwaysReturnFormattedBody?: boolean, scanTextForMentions?: boolean}} options default values:
  * - includeReplyFallback: true
  * - includeEditFallbackStar: false
  * - alwaysReturnFormattedBody: false - formatted_body will be skipped if it is the same as body because the message is plaintext. if you want the formatted_body to be returned anyway, for example to merge it with another message, then set this to true.
+ * - scanTextForMentions: true - needs to be set to false when converting forwarded messages etc which may be from a different channel that can't be scanned.
  * @param {{api: import("../../matrix/api")}} di simple-as-nails dependency injection for the matrix API
  */
 async function messageToEvent(message, guild, options = {}, di) {
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ async function messageToEvent(message, guild, options = {}, di) {
 
 		// Forwarded content
 		// @ts-ignore
-		const forwardedEvents = await messageToEvent(message.message_snapshots[0].message, guild, {includeReplyFallback: false, includeEditFallbackStar: false, alwaysReturnFormattedBody: true}, di)
+		const forwardedEvents = await messageToEvent(message.message_snapshots[0].message, guild, {includeReplyFallback: false, includeEditFallbackStar: false, alwaysReturnFormattedBody: true, scanTextForMentions: false}, di)
 
 		// Indent
 		for (const event of forwardedEvents) {
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ async function messageToEvent(message, guild, options = {}, di) {
 	if (message.content) {
 		// Mentions scenario 3: scan the message content for written @mentions of matrix users. Allows for up to one space between @ and mention.
 		const matches = [...message.content.matchAll(/@ ?([a-z0-9._]+)\b/gi)]
-		if (matches.length && matches.some(m => m[1].match(/[a-z]/i) && m[1] !== "everyone" && m[1] !== "here")) {
+		if (options.scanTextForMentions !== false && matches.length && matches.some(m => m[1].match(/[a-z]/i) && m[1] !== "everyone" && m[1] !== "here")) {
 			const writtenMentionsText = matches.map(m => m[1].toLowerCase())
 			const roomID = select("channel_room", "room_id", {channel_id: message.channel_id}).pluck().get()
 			assert(roomID)
diff --git a/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js b/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
index 6f77744..78848b8 100644
--- a/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
+++ b/src/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
@@ -1134,3 +1134,20 @@ test("message2event: constructed forwarded text", async t => {
 		}
 	])
 })
+
+
+test("message2event: don't scan forwarded messages for mentions", async t => {
+	const events = await messageToEvent(data.message.forwarded_dont_scan_for_mentions, {}, {}, {})
+	t.deepEqual(events, [
+		{
+			$type: "m.room.message",
+			body: "[🔀 Forwarded message]"
+				+ "\n» If some folks have spare bandwidth then helping out ArchiveTeam with archiving soon to be deleted research and government data might be worthwhile https://social.luca.run/@luca/113950834185678114",
+			format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
+			formatted_body: `🔀 <em>Forwarded message</em>`
+				+ `<br><blockquote>If some folks have spare bandwidth then helping out ArchiveTeam with archiving soon to be deleted research and government data might be worthwhile <a href="https://social.luca.run/@luca/113950834185678114">https://social.luca.run/@luca/113950834185678114</a></blockquote>`,
+			"m.mentions": {},
+			msgtype: "m.notice"
+		}
+	])
+})
diff --git a/test/data.js b/test/data.js
index 02fd6e8..537968d 100644
--- a/test/data.js
+++ b/test/data.js
@@ -2517,6 +2517,79 @@ module.exports = {
 					}
 				}
 			]
+		},
+		forwarded_dont_scan_for_mentions: {
+			type: 0,
+			tts: false,
+			timestamp: "2025-02-08T09:07:45.547000+00:00",
+			position: 0,
+			pinned: false,
+			nonce: "1337711633497063424",
+			message_snapshots: [
+				{
+					message: {
+						type: 0,
+						timestamp: "2025-02-08T09:00:07.662000+00:00",
+						mentions: [],
+						flags: 0,
+						embeds: [],
+						edited_timestamp: null,
+						content: "If some folks have spare bandwidth then helping out ArchiveTeam with archiving soon to be deleted research and government data might be worthwhile https://social.luca.run/@luca/113950834185678114",
+						components: [],
+						attachments: []
+					}
+				}
+			],
+			message_reference: {
+				type: 1,
+				message_id: "1337709539516223539",
+				guild_id: "500415824616620032",
+				channel_id: "794935364182867968"
+			},
+			mentions: [],
+			mention_roles: [],
+			mention_everyone: false,
+			member: {
+				roles: [
+					"1152297516755337248",
+					"300045569441660938",
+					"365531770420199435",
+					"1035943385338482698",
+					"1205645591212990515",
+					"1084555882341339259"
+				],
+				premium_since: null,
+				pending: false,
+				nick: null,
+				mute: false,
+				joined_at: "2023-12-27T13:02:41.614000+00:00",
+				flags: 0,
+				deaf: false,
+				communication_disabled_until: null,
+				banner: null,
+				avatar: null
+			},
+			id: "1337711460024844350",
+			flags: 16384,
+			embeds: [],
+			edited_timestamp: null,
+			content: "",
+			components: [],
+			channel_type: 0,
+			channel_id: "286888431945252874",
+			author: {
+				username: "athenna2000",
+				public_flags: 0,
+				primary_guild: null,
+				id: "620341774984151063",
+				global_name: "Amelia 🍄",
+				discriminator: "0",
+				clan: null,
+				avatar_decoration_data: null,
+				avatar: "a30f5b1bf17b5a5f387f1bb49771a2f8"
+			},
+			attachments: [],
+			guild_id: "286888431945252874"
 		}
 	},
 	pk_message: {