What happens to those that are being distracted by those scammers is that they easily get carried away by hearing what they want to hear, you know there is always a direction towards whatever we give attention and that is what we may end up doing, that is to say one should be be more careful about what we give attention because a man might always want to will up doing just as his mind thinks, those that makes themselves vulnerable for a quick and easy money making mind sets gets excited on getting to hear what they want from those scammers, I call those scammers fishermen because they will always come with bates that will attract the fishes to be trapped.
When people listen to scammers they can easily believe false promises and forget what is real. What we pay attention to can lead us in certain direction and if we are not careful we can make bad decisions that are not good for us. Scammers most target people who want to make money quickly and easily and those people can get very excited and then get trapped. I like your comparison of scammers to fishermen who use bait to catch fish. It is reminder to be very careful and watch out when someone makes us offer that we did not ask for or that seems too good to be true.