Ignorance, not performing due diligence, greed etc
totally agree with you on this point, but to deceive a large community with millions of people for a long period of time, it is not an easy thing
and they, the people behind that foundation, still do well (swindle) to this day
with the large community and the amount of money they've made over the years, it would have been enough for them to build a real coin, but they didn't
Ignorance is a knife that kills them every day