How come it is a scam? This the way things work, if you own wallet private keys, you own the new coins. There might be more BTCP exchange support after the fork and you might gain BTCP based on holdings when snapshot was taken, but nothing is certain. If you read exchange rules / FAQ you will clearly understand: it is your responsibility to withdraw forking coins if there is no support from that exchange. Developers have nothing to do with exchanges and their ways of working.

There's confirmation from 3 exchanges: TradeSatoshi supports the fork and has ZCL + BTC listed, so you'll receive BTCP based on these holdings. KUCOIN supports the fork and has BTC listed, so you should get BTCP from BTC holdings. HitBTC will list BTCP after the fork, but didn't confirm that you'll receive BTCP for you BTC holdings.