Would it be prudent to put an alert on these threads sooner...I mean the minute I see a pic of super hashing mining gear with no username or datestamp in the photo I immediately think its a scam and 100% of the time it's correct everytime....
The problem with pictures in thread is that people can take those pictures, use Photoshop or whatever photo editing gear they can use, and manipulate them for their own purposes.

I had this happen to me and I see it happen (ESPECIALLY on CL) daily.
That is why I prefer to use PMs for pictures, that way I know what pictures have been sent to who.
Just IMO.