The scammer will cold-call victims, direct them to a professional looking website. The website of fake investment with high yield return like the ones we have seen before on this forum but which we know are scam.
Cold-calling means their victims did not know them before and they offer the investment of high yield return. Easy to know they are scammers but some people are ignorant and lack the knowledge to know that they are scammers.
It is now obvious that greed is the main reason why some people get scammed and in this incidence, greed is just the reason. People want to make huge profits overnight that is why they will put money into something like this, an investment platform of people they know nothing about just because they promised them big return.
Well, the scammers got what they deserve and let it serve as a deterrent to others.
12 years in prison is a good punishment for them and when they return, they have no choice than to turn good citizens.