This bug is still here on 12.04 Precise Pangolin. It's quite annoying.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18757
Title:
scp gets confused when destination directory is
I've forwarded this bug upstream and attached a patch there.
** Bug watch added: OpenSSH Portable Bugzilla #1768
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1768
** Also affects: openssh via
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1768
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown