Stupid and lazy people will always lose their money in the end.That's how capitalism works.
The situation you are describing was back in 2017.Back then,people were way too ignorant and naive about the cryptocurrency world and all the ICO,HYIP,ponzi,MLM scams were flourishing.
I hope that,at least a part of the people,who were scammed back then didn't give up and tried to learn and gain experience about using bitcoin/altcoins, crypto trading,etc.

Scam comes in different shapes and forms but there are some simple ways to prevent them.
Firstly secure your funds, use good passwords and 2FA wherever possible. Don't copy paste or screenshot your keys or phrase and keep them on same device or on the cloud.
Don't make quick decision, look over for every of your investment more than twice. Something that looks promising might not look the same tomorrow.

That's normal because until now there are still people who viewed bitcoin like a HYIP.

Scammers are pretty smart on convincing people, maybe they'll start by saying, bitcoin when started was $1 and look at the price now, so that alone would already attract people with no enough knowledge about bitcoin but as usual later they'll regret and understand, and worst if they still failed to understand despite making a mistake by falling to the scams.

I will take time before they will learn, let's just accept that that's the trend since its impossible that all of us will earn, but eventually the market will mature due to people are getting more educated.

I think people like that are only thinking about making a big profit and not thinking about the worst possibility if they put their money into a scam project. And the most important thing is that we have informed and educated them as much as possible. That has also happened to many of my friends, and finally they realize that a program like that is only deceptive for ordinary people.

Hello guys, back in 2017, during the heavy bull run, I visited my former office and meant some friends and told them the need to key into bitcoin. One who is now occupying my former position at the bank interjected and said "someone just left here to to lay complain how he paid a huge some of money to a bitcoin seller who then scammed him", bitcoin was never paid by the scammer. I asked them to send the person to me for a free tutorial on bitcoin and how to safely buy and store it, I never hear from them again till date. The victim had try to bitcoin because he heard he will double his investment in a week, I told them that is not how it work.

After getting and reading repeated complain of how persons are been scammed in my country while trying to buy bitcoin, I decided to make 4 banners on how to learn how to safely buy/sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, and to address the wrong notion about cryptocurrency. I got some calls and follow ups. But most are not interested in buying and holding but want to give me money and be giving them a weekly or monthly returns on investment, when I tell them that is not how it actually works, they will reply they have found a program online that pays some weekly % ROI, I try to stop them from putting their money there, they either stop picking my calls or tell them they are okay with their findings.

I am just weak and heart broken how people are lazy to attend class that will open their mind and eyes to existing realities and set them free from lifetime mistakes. I am dazed by their foolishness in the issue of finance. My banners and office is still open but won't force anyone to learn.  I hope they don't learn the hard way.

Hello guys, back in 2017, during the heavy bull run, I visited my former office and meant some friends and told them the need to key into bitcoin. One who is now occupying my former position at the bank interjected and said "someone just left here to to lay complain how he paid a huge some of money to a bitcoin seller who then scammed him", bitcoin was never paid by the scammer. I asked them to send the person to me for a free tutorial on bitcoin and how to safely buy and store it, I never hear from them again till date. The victim had try to bitcoin because he heard he will double his investment in a week, I told them that is not how it work.

After getting and reading repeated complain of how persons are been scammed in my country while trying to buy bitcoin, I decided to make 4 banners on how to learn how to safely buy/sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, and to address the wrong notion about cryptocurrency. I got some calls and follow ups. But most are not interested in buying and holding but want to give me money and be giving them a weekly or monthly returns on investment, when I tell them that is not how it actually works, they will reply they have found a program online that pays some weekly % ROI, I try to stop them from putting their money there, they either stop picking my calls or tell them they are okay with their findings.

I am just weak and heart broken how people are lazy to attend class that will open their mind and eyes to existing realities and set them free from lifetime mistakes. I am dazed by their foolishness in the issue of finance. My banners and office is still open but won't force anyone to learn.  I hope they don't learn the hard way.