I read it. I participated in it from its conception. And at the end of the day, no one got scammed.
scam - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, short-change, victimize
short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
There were instances where a contestant won a contest and had to wait for his reward. Well being as Kevin was the one running the contest he was responsible for when and how payment of the reward would be distributed. Its not a democracy its a contest.
Some receives jacked up merchandise, and kevin returns funds, items, or both
These things dont classify as a "Scam" as you see from the definition above.