I think the crooks will still be one step behind us. We come up with new ways to protect ourselves and if we constantly develop, we can not be deceived.
In some ways we are smarter than them but why they still doing it, maybe because they could still hit someone without knowledge. It obviously that some of us here never know how the scam works, not even recognized that he even dealt with them by now. There is a lot of awareness around but somehow they are blinded enough for scammers offering which is really enticing to hear. Even me, I was a victim before but I'd learn it and couldn't happen again.