I wouldn't call it a scam "yet". Unless they failed to deliver orders in appropriate time. Thats why I ask if other people made any orders. My pending order still have about 2 weeks time for processing (saw somewhere 7-10 days processing) if they don't count weekends. However, I believe something has to be done to clarify backing of their currency and bolster trust. If this whole thing is a scam then they probably won't care. But if its legit, the current price on bittrex will drive them to bankruptcy if everyone orders gold off them. Or maybe they believe it is good promotion and have tons of spare gold to give?
The entire thing is only here to buy them some time to exploit your hashrate.
He is long gone, his pocket full of Legit Scryptcoin (LTC or valuable) surely thank you for your free hashrate, you've been warned enough (cf the old locked thread) and as usual some try and cry. Maybe next time you'll pay attention to what some says or investigate a little bit more (or not).