This... who is scamming you?  Regardless, haters are gonna hate.  If they give you shit, quit talking to them about it.  Some of my friends are receptive.  Others, I have to patiently wait for wider adoption before I can say "I tried to tell you".  Only one has invested anything so far (he provided a small amount of USD that I matched with BTC for my liquidity bot to play with), so even if they are open to the idea, most are still skeptical.  Only time will solve this.