It's not new scam lol, just a classic ponzi scheme can found everywhere including a stranger offer this in your country.
This doesn't look like a ponzi scheme to me because in ponzi some people actually get paid (just a fraction of investment though) in order for scheme to go on for some time, while this is just a classic scam where none gets any money back. But yeah, nothing new about this scam attempt.
no one else should be fooled by this kind of scam. I doubt it managed to get a victim. if indeed there is a transaction made, I believe it is part of the fraudster's own efforts to convince. we've seen too many scams like that. no one should fall into the hole.
There are loads of newbies who think that crypto is some sort of magic money so for them this offer seems plausible and that's the scammers target audience. And there is no lack of those..