So guys... be safe out there and protect your coins. It's crazy season and the scammers are very active.
Besides the reasons you have talked about there are many others and one of them which I think is the most prominent is, when bull run or new ATH is going to make, many newbies in the hype of making money joins the crypto market and in that hype they want to avail every opportunity and they started to give importance to each and every offer they see. Either they are seeing it on Twitter, or on TG or even on their emails. They don't think for another second as most of them don't have the knowledge of how scam happens in crypto.
So, these newbies are basically the main targets of the scammers, and once 2 or 5 out of 100 fall prey to these scams, the hackers, or scammers make enough money. I suggest to these newbies, that they should get some knowledge before getting into BTC, as knowledge will make you more competitive, otherwise, you will lose your funds in the market. But I have to admit that
High price = more scams But in bear market, many new comers also joins as they think this is the right time, and that time many scammers are active in the market. I think the level of scams is a little confusing to predict by considering the hype of the market. We should use indicators to calculate this fact.