This is just an evidence or another evidence that people will always be people, some are smart, some have learned, some are still novice and some are not just wise to avoid how scammers can scam them. This type of giveaway like paying paying before receiving the free money is no more new, but people are still getting scammed with it, if another one is out today, yet many people will be the victim.
New people are entering the crypto market every day, and given the current state of the crypto market, it is easy to assume that there are more new investors now than ever before. And using this opportunity, the scammers are using an old scam technique to achieve their purpose.
In fact, most of the victims of such scams come to the crypto market with the intention of making a quick profit, so they wait for every opportunity and easily fall into the trap of scammers.