Sure, they want to keep you depositing till they get "hacked". If they didn't fix accounts or answer emails at first, nobody would stay.
I really didn't lose much, but that is not the point. I know there are some who cannot absorb the losses they sustain and for them the loss can mean a LOT.
Scammers should be SHOT!
It just might deter others from taking advantage of honest people if there were consequences. It's nearly impossible to track them down or force them to pay.
The crypto game is tough enough to navigate without some lowlife stealing from people. It is not my small loss that pi$$es me off the most, it is when some jerks get together and plot to steal what we have entrusted to them.