VIP cannot have scammer tag AFAIK
Of course VIP members receive the scammer tag. No user here is free of the scammer tag. The user R- was once a VIP member:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=54967Name: R-
Posts: 501
Position: SCAMMER
Date Registered: 31-03-2012, 10:03:21
Last Active: 10-11-2012, 06:15:59