[grotorea]

"You can't cheat an honest man"

But there are plenty of cryptocurrency scams that don't require that. Just some place that looks like an exchange but is actually a money hole.

[jfengel]

Yeah, that expression is how people protect themselves. "Of course you got hurt. You were dishonest. It therefore cannot happen to me."

Honest people get cheated every day.

[grotorea]

Oh sure but at least honest people can avoid being swindled by this stuff or falling for some types of pump and dump or pyramid schemes.