Most people who currently knew Bitcoin were the ones stumbled it somewhere because it's getting pump up that's why there's a lot of hype everywhere and that includes scammers creating ads on their fake website. So anyway, I think some people in my area knew already about the Bitcoin but doesn't really care much while the rest are excited about their investment to grow. There are also some who was misinformed or didn't know the whole truth about how Bitcoin works because they were scammed one time in the past but didn't bother to do some research that's why they believe that it's still part of the scam tactics whenever they hear about Bitcoin.
This is what often happens among the public, lack of information about Bitcoin and continuing to have opinions about Bitcoin, so that sometimes and even makes Bitcoin look scary with the risk of losing it,
However, if we are invest in the right coin, the risk of losing is very small, even if that happens, Bitcoin is already dead from its center