right now, closing the forum should not be an option
(we cannot punish the mass just because of a few bad apples)
- a lot of the "members" who are scammed do not even use the forum
- a lot of the "members" who use the forum do not even leave a feedback
- buyers need to be educated (it really is that simple)
- it works both ways
- coders get scammed; buyers get scammed
- coder doesn't do their research on "buyer"
- buyer doesn't do their research on "coder"
again, you will inevitably get scammed if you do not do your research - would you give your car keys to a stranger?
With that said the best option would be to open a vbulletin.org sister site.