I don't think it will or should be deleted. Scams are not moderated. Locking and re-creating a thread as self-mod is allowed. There is no option to make an existing thread self-mod, and there's a good reason for that too but I digress. AFAIK there is no rule that has been broken here.
I never said a word scam, and creating new duplicate topic with purpose to hide feedback and flags is not allowed, especially with some fake designer notice.