There is an interesting similarity between this kinda scammers and the immature investors which is both of them want to make some easy money.
You can draw parallels between those you've mentioned and ponzi creators/supporters. It's the same strain of foolishness and hopelessly ignorant optimism that blinds people into these traps. Once a mark is hooked on a concept and they've invested any time into it, they will subsequently sling around post hoc justifications for their stupidity which only results in more losses.I think, though, if someone were to do faux scams and return the money to the users in order to teach them the 'tough lesson' without the consequence of actual financial losses, that might help. Plus, it can act as scammer competition: with so many scams out there, once you start seeing the same things repeating, wouldn't you get much more suspicious about those 'huge money-making opportunities'? It could be argued that the loss of money makes the impact much more significant, but I don't see many people playing devil's advocate on this issue.
