Thanks for stopping by and for your thoughtful comment. It's totally true that it feels awful to lose money in a scam. I think that icky feeling is actually worse than the actual loss of funds. I think people rely on hype to invest because in many cases they don't realize it's hype because of lack of experience in investing. Recognizing the need to educate yourself is a very important first step. Many new investors don't even realize that there is so much they don't know. That's kind of how I was. Now at least I know that there's a lot I don't know :)