An earlier post seems to provide more context, https://scaminvestigations.substack.com/p/better-than-ransom...
I’m sure they dress it up, maybe they actually fulfill a few or they have shills that claim they did, but it’s really not more complicated.
It’s classic “if it sounds too good to be true…” stuff.
> The scam takes many forms... promising to double Bitcoin sent to an address... But of course, the promised doubled crypto never comes, hence a scam.