Very impressed with the authorities who were savvy enough to catch them. There is a lot of good advice being shared in these answers about how to avoid this happening but we are probably preaching to the choir on this board.

One thing crypto badly needs is more secure, user-friendly apps that make it VERY difficult for scammers to pull this type of thing off. As a former Network Administrator I can confidently say that you cant educate all users to the point of being smart enough to not fall for tricks like this, you have to remove the possibility that they can happen at all, especially when it comes to online finance.