Having been conned back in 2015 (not crypto) & I lost a lot of money ...I was mad at myself as I thought I was intelligent enough not to fall for such things ... that anger lead me to Fraud rabbit hole ... which I think its a necessity for any person (esp. Bitcoiners) to learn about con artists/fraudsters/scams as they would help you understand people very well and U'd be able to AVOID THEM
If you wanna learn the basics .... here is an interesting pod