There is also goodness in ICO =
IF the developer do the right thing and prevent above concern from happening, the price will go up until 20x or even 100x, i will give you an example, LISK was release around 1.800satoshi, and now become 47.874satoshi, you can count your self.. meaning if you invest big, you become rich all the sudden.
IF you can invest in the long run, and the developer is devoted to grow the community, and THE COMMUNITY IT SELF MUST HELP TO GROW their COMMUNITY, and what happening is similar to bitcoin, from 0usd, now becom 600usd/coin (in today price 23th aug2016)
Here is my tips, you can help me add more points,
because we need to learn from each other, scammer become smarter and meaner too=
TAKE A LOOK at coinmarketcap website and check the rank of TOP 100, make count and data of currency movements and ranks each month, this is where you can see potentially coins, and have big traction, its not always top100, you can start from top200, its because there are 4000++coins out there and you cant read and investigate all, wasting time.
NO ESCROW, stay away
check the developer, if it is FAKE PICTURE, stay away
check the USERNAME, if it is registered for years, but so suddenly become active in this project, then might be BUY ACCOUNT, be careful.
if founder stays ANONYMOUS, be careful, but i would suggest to stay away, eventually the developer are needed to appear in public to spread and grow the community right? so whats the point in staying anonymous at the start.
if founder NO TRACK RECORDS, meaning this is his experiment with your funds, be careful, it might worthed but also might worthless, we understand no instant success.
if founder or dev AVOID to MET in persons or AVOID VIDEO call or WEBINAR, simply to check if his ID it is him/her, then STAY AWAY.
honest people DON'T HIDE THEIR SELF, IF they are holding other people's funds, there is responsible and moral obligation for this.