You'll only get screwed if you don't know what you invest in, investing in something you don't actually know is far more than a blind investment. Pyramid schemes that were introduced as investments, trading, mining, etc. by these fraudulent people just to hide their motives are the thing that kills adoption most of the time for crypto. Let us all thank Satoshi Nakamoto and the people that made us realize what Bitcoin is today and the future that may comes.
Those who don't know about bitcoin and the cons of bitcoin only give negative sentiment which of course will lead early users to leave bitcoin.
I have often found negative sentiment towards bitcoin that says that bitcoin is just Ponzi husks, a pyramid scheme that only does harm.
Even though some pyramid projects only use bitcoin as a tool to camouflage the pyramid practices that are being carried out.
Like a blade that can be used for good and evil.
Satoshi Nakamoto created bitcoin with the aim of freeing us from the shackles of centralization that has any authority and controls the money we have.
Because bitcoin was created decentralized, bitcoin will provide financial freedom so that it cannot be regulated by anyone, including the government.