The reality is that we are going to face something that is taking a long time and if we can just keep holding what we already have and not get meddled with things we do not know then we are going to be fine. People jump into things that they do not know about and that is why they end up losing money. We should focus on making as much profit as we can whenever we can and that would be a lot better to avoid and not do. Just invest into things that you already know right now and that would be fine.
Investing in only the things that I know how they work has been the best decision I made for myself since last year. After losing so much money in the year's past, I learned the hard way, now I don't invest in anything I do not understand. Instead I have to spend some money to learn about the investment before I will proceed. The problems many people have, especially the newbies is that they want to earn by all means. If you have that mindset of earning whether it is legitimate or not, you will likely be scammed.
@Op, we have never stopped having scammers and scammers have never stopped getting victims. It is just like that.