The problem is that they target young men who aren't anything, they're just broke and trying to stay afloat, and they are easy prey for these predators promising easy money. They get addicted early, get into serious debt, often on top of student loans (which were probably part of the problem in the first place), and now they are trapped for life.
Find yourself at 25, with a lifetime of debt, and a college degree that's been replaced by AI, and it's easy to see why someone might make a hard choice.
But don't worry, soon PeeWee Himmler will put troops in Iran, so they can always join the war effort. It's still suicide, but not so direct.