You are right that mate, we are not in the year 2017 and also people especially newbies easily catch by baits of fake sites it because their mindset is that they can make a profit in a short period of time without knowing that nowadays more on long-term investment. And maybe yes they are not have enough knowledge about trade or any related in crypto currencies and which more important if you came in the world of investment.
We are no more in 2017, there are still also chances to make profit. Fake sites has been existing before 2017, people are scammed before 2017, the chance that someone will hold after long lasting bear market is still certain with what is happening during this near market. But we should not be greediness and we should ask people about a business before venturing into it and also finally make appropriate research.
.... but understand that this is not 2017, the chances of someone getting this lucky is extremely low in this time and age,
You sound outdated. Did you forget about the people who made tons of money from Shiba, Doge, Defi tokens, P2E and NFTs? Those were not from 2017. The point I'm making is that almost everyone gets lucky during a bullrun. It usually doesn't take a genius to make money during those periods whether it's 2017 or 2021.
This can also be said in 2017 that we are no more in 2013, that the chance of getting rich is low at that time. I'm the next bull run.after this bear market, another wonder will start for people that do not expect it, another massive bull run I mean.