The fastest way for scammers to make money in crypto space was ICO and now that ICO is no more they will use any means necessary to get their job done, and now that DeFi projects are becoming successful scammers will definitely use them
Scammers find ways to join the ride, what do we expect even dead project like what OP said will attach and use
DeFi for them to trick investors, and now the hypes is really being followed by traders, it's now the hyped around
this market.
I have to admit that scammers are very smart in finding a new method to trick people. You're right that they took advantage of ICO projects to scam people in the past and now they're about to use DeFi projects. It's true that every hype appears in this market will contain a risk of scammers. Scammers always follow the hype so well that we have to be aware of them.