To be fair you can be a scammer without necessarily being aware of it, like the hordes of MLM people who run around and actually think it's a business.
has the same dynamics like the crypto world even, with it promising in a sense to create value out of nothing by just holding on long enough and spreading the gospel
You're absolutely right. I just think of these "unwitting scammers" as victims, because they lose money from their participation. But I admit that they could certainly be considered both scammers and victims, as the two are not mutually exclusive.
has the same dynamics like the crypto world even, with it promising in a sense to create value out of nothing by just holding on long enough and spreading the gospel