The greed factor that makes people very easy to become victims, in addition to the lack of information and laziness to read. Most victims of Ponzi schemes usually follow from friend to friend without doing any research first. This scheme will continue to exist, and there will continue to be victims, this has become part of crypto.
So indeed to avoid becoming a victim, we should not be easily influenced by the lure of unreasonable profits from unclear investments, especially with profits beyond reason, it is definitely a scam. Check and recheck and use the principle of caution in investing. Keep in mind that getting rich is not easy, if it were easy, everyone in the world would be rich immediately and no one would want to work anymore.
And one more thing, the goal of investing is not to make investors rich quickly. Investment must be accompanied by patience and strong commitment and remain calm when the market fluctuates and be ready to face risks.
You are right these scams come out because people trust their friends and do not do their own research. Sadly these scams will keep happening and more people will get caught because we can not stop them only learning can help. If someone who is scammer always promised profits that look huge or good this is alarm that we should be careful. It is also important to remember that getting rich quickly is usually not possible. We should keep in mind that if that were easy everyone would be rich and no one would need to work he invest little amount and earn money by doing nothing.
You are also right investing takes time and patience and sticking with it. We also need to stay calm when market goes up and down and be ready for some risks. Knowledge about these things is best way to protect yourself from these kinds of scams.