Probably so, it amazes me some will spend all that

Probably so, it amazes me some will spend all that time being a bashhole. If I was that confident this was a scam, I would be somewhere else.
Every investor is on his own.

I also would not purposefully deceive anyone. Those types always get what they deserve and it usually is very very bad for them. Because they are so deceptive they think everyone else is trying to deceive them as well. They all seem cursed.