Yeah they played a big role in fooling you and also held your hands and forces you to send your bitcoin to them, then you go around screaming I was scammed, doesn't that sound lame to you, the truth is that your were ignorant, careless and failed to be security conscious, yeah your so busy crying out for decentralization and most you don't know what that really means, you in fucking control, no one is responsible for you but yourself, and scammers know that and that's why they exploit the shit out of you, if it's so fun been ignorant your free and can continue blaming the mirror for showing you how ugly you are than applying some make up.
If more people realise that decentralized systems isn't like a banking or centralized system were you can go and report a transaction and they seize the persons money or track the person( although its possible if they are not smart enough) then you would be more careful when doing deals here.
They target stupid people and they also target people who are not careful, these two things will become the basis for how they can cheat in a more elegant way. That is why our involvement here needs to look at the level of security planned by each individual using existing assistance. Being anonymous, as most people say, will be much safer for anyone involved in it because sometimes we are not aware that people with malicious intent are monitoring us and they will look for loopholes to cheat on the basis of carelessness.
Transactions must be carried out carefully and always pay attention to the level of security, otherwise the risks that will occur will be the responsibility of the individual. Decentralization also requires security that is monitored by the individuals involved, even though this system is different from existing systems. Negligence will make people feel how small and big the fraud is and it can happen to anyone who is not careful.