Why celebrities fall for Crypto scams

We can all have a good laugh at the expense of Matt Damon, Sam Altman-Fried and all the other rich celebrities who lost their not-so-hard earned money to their NFT and crypto scams, with the promise of even more money.

But what is it that makes wealthy and well connected people fall for these seemingly dumb and obvious scams? Why couldn't they see the warning signs that they were getting conned, don't they ever recognize the pattern of a typical scam?

In this reckless, in-depth exploration, we try to understand some of the reasonings.