Remove it and hide evidence? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me.
Also look at how many people are still trying to get in on it, even with it saying it's a scam in the title. Some people are just too greedy and can't be helped.
True. You can't always save people from themselves... but you can help them a bit.
I don't want to tell you how to run your forum, but this scammer thing needs to be mitigated somehow. If preserving evidence for the public is a deciding factor then why not a section of the forum for "Checks Out", "Possible Scams" and "Known Scams"? This forum is extremely active and categorizing these threads into a dedicated section of the forum could really help newbies who don't know better.
Not trying to be critical or interfere with the Mods... I just hate seeing so many people get taken advantage of when some simple back-end changes could go a long way in dealing with this growing issue.
Thanks for the direct response, BadBear.