Hey crypto-buddies,
I decided to create checklist for scam ICO´s
100% profitability - Guaranteed yield: any funds, ICO projects and investment platforms, that promise a stable interest are likely to be scammers. These are, as a rule, projects of cloud mining, casinos and projects related to binary options, as well as those where the sale of tokens is carried out according to the principles of net marketing: existing investors attract new ones. And, of course, the pyramids, in which old customers receive payments from the contributions of new customers, until the pyramid bursts ...
Celebrities: musicians, athletes, actors who can not know anything about the blockchain and the cryptowrold, and even more to be the guarantors of the fact that this is not a scam, seems exactly the opposite.. Celebrities are used to distract investors from the essence of the project, which is most likely dummy.
Team analysis - It is suspicious that a project team can not be found in social networks or when team members are not connected with each other.
Unintelligible concept - to check the concept you need to study white paper – document, where described the idea of the project and the purpose of raising money. In 90% of cases, scammers compile several documents, and the originals can be easily found in the Internet.
Structure of project costs - If 10% of the investments are reserved for team, 10% will require development, and for marketing will go 80%, then this is a guarantee of the scam. It is also strange if there is no plan for future "monetization" of the project, also a bad signal if there is noticed a lack of investors protection.
Token description - If it has less than two-three functions and it can be replaced by any other altcoin or bitcoin, then this is another bad signal.If the token is not integrated into the project economy, then probably its purpose is simply collecting money. While choosing a coin, you must first think about its use - who and why will buy and use this coin. The second - about the problems that this coin solves. If it does not have these signs - do not invest.
Project Code - It should be uploaded on GitHub and a simple research in the Internet can check the code for plagiat. If the project does not have a link to GitHub or topics on the Bitcointalk, it's a reason to think twice.
Legal structure - should be described in details and easily understandable (at least about the persons issuing tokens)
Investor´s rights -The rights of investors and their guarantees should be described.
The issue of tokens should be within reasonable limits and controlled
