If the project is a scam, it would be really silly of its team to show their true identities. In most cases, they just find some pics online and use them as the images of their “Chief Financial Officers” or “advisors,” as was seen in Empire Card who used a picture of French actress Sabine de Poncins, little known outside of France, as the portrait of their proud imaginary CEO Patricia Harrison. There have even been reports of Ryan Gosling “working” for a project as a designer under a completely different name.
The scammers will change their tactics too, if you think that doing a google reverse can bring the pictures they will come up with a new idea, they will hire some models pay them off and then upload the pictures, if those are not popular models then who is going to identify them even if you do a good reverse search. So you really cannot identify the scammers unless the project is from a reputed team i am not going to believe any project as i had my hard lesson in the past. 
Topic: how do you identify a transparent project team? - page 6. (Read 1163 times)
how to identify projects? see transparency in the project team or what is often called a team video call, see the background of the team and the developer, the products they offer in the market, the road map according to whether or not the same as the information in WP and how the team responds to the attitude of investors and prize hunters too.
The AMA sessions are not enough for the project investors to measure the trustworthiness of the team but the options are limited to this circle, unfortunately. Making new challenges during the ICO will surely increase the traffic of the project website, the transparent team never ignores the request by the investor side. Just looking in the social media pages will not be enough for me to identify the team members.
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but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.
With respect to what I bolded in the OP's post, they are not helping anyone, rather they are harming everyone, even themselves because karma will one day catch up with them.but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.
First, those who are hired are being harmed, because they might one day be caught, if the case is taken seriously and will face the wrath of the law. In a way, their reputation is being tarnished for just a peanut, because I am trying to imagine how much they will be paid for such service. They do not know where they will be in future and by so doing, such action might be used against them.
Also, investors who fall, victim, are being harmed, by deceiving them.
So pls, if you are I doubt of the team of a project, after carrying out adequate research, do not invest in it and do not mislead others.
It is difficult to tell which one is legitimate or not if you are referring to the team profile. Some team developers even do video interview or conference with their investors to ask as many question about the project. I think a team who doesn't hide in somebody else's profile is somehow what I can say transparent.
Transparent project looks with team and owner put real social media link like twitter, linkedin and Facebook. we check history of Facebook account is real and have made with ten years or social twitter account look active with promote their ICO, always check telegram channel ICO how many investor give good respond with ICO is best solution for investing and check have any complain from investor with their ICO?
Agree, a transparent project will definitely include its social media developer team. They might just be making social media, but I think the crypto community will find out. The track record of the developer team must be included. In addition, a realistic whitepaper and roadmap will provide a positive perception for investors
The project must be examined in detail if you want to invest so that you know about the project, starting from the real team, product offerings, viewing white papers, partnerships and most importantly in my view the team meeting and being published so that investors know that project development is indeed serious .
Transparent project looks with team and owner put real social media link like twitter, linkedin and Facebook. we check history of Facebook account is real and have made with ten years or social twitter account look active with promote their ICO, always check telegram channel ICO how many investor give good respond with ICO is best solution for investing and check have any complain from investor with their ICO?
Some projects now do weekly update or monthly update for their supporters to discuss whether their roadmap have been followed , it is better specially now that youtube is in demand and too popular doing live asking questions and do updates in real time with their real face. I hope ICO would do something like that,At that point we can know whether they really know what their doing since questions are on the spot and we can identify if they are really serious in their projects. 
Transparent project looks with team and owner put real social media link like twitter, linkedin and Facebook. we check history of Facebook account is real and have made with ten years or social twitter account look active with promote their ICO, always check telegram channel ICO how many investor give good respond with ICO is best solution for investing and check have any complain from investor with their ICO?
Agree, a transparent project will definitely include its social media developer team. They might just be making social media, but I think the crypto community will find out. The track record of the developer team must be included. In addition, a realistic whitepaper and roadmap will provide a positive perception for investors
The project must be examined in detail if you want to invest so that you know about the project, starting from the real team, product offerings, viewing white papers, partnerships and most importantly in my view the team meeting and being published so that investors know that project development is indeed serious .
You can participate in projects where the team consists of personalities known to you or public figures. It seems to me very difficult to determine the development team is a scam or not.
It's really hard to find out the team profile is real or not since they can make a fake account on social media, even a social site like linked in have no validation about their user profile.
So many people got tricked by the the tracked record of the person on the team but that's all just fake
If the project is a scam, it would be really silly of its team to show their true identities. In most cases, they just find some pics online and use them as the images of their “Chief Financial Officers” or “advisors,” as was seen in Empire Card who used a picture of French actress Sabine de Poncins, little known outside of France, as the portrait of their proud imaginary CEO Patricia Harrison. There have even been reports of .
A project can still use real image and be a scam. For example, Miracle Tele, had used real images and ended up scamming investors. True identities are no guarantee for a project not to scam. Some persons don't care about reputation, they really don't have any reputation to protect, theirs is to cash on the project. Check most of the ICO that bountyhives promoted, they collected money and when some manage to get listed, the token prices went dead and threw investors into debt.
Almost all teams use fake popular faces to gain much more advantage during ICOs I think the real teams behind most of the projects are totally different and the harsh fact is that you will never get to know these teams. Even those with faces generally deny their responsibility from such things so there is no way at all.
In as much as it gets very hard to connect the dots with some projects especially one that i invested into sometime ago, your best shot is to seek out their experiences with previous projects. In addition, it's best to get close to their social profiles to get to know more about them. Lol i remember reading a scam report about TwoGap project and go to know one of the team members was into managing a restaurant. I can't authenticate the the legitimacy of the Report from Shitcoin Offering group but it was soo funny to read that 
. Now not much is being done about this project and just like most ICOs, the price keep falling 
. Now not much is being done about this project and just like most ICOs, the price keep falling 
Transparent project looks with team and owner put real social media link like twitter, linkedin and Facebook. we check history of Facebook account is real and have made with ten years or social twitter account look active with promote their ICO, always check telegram channel ICO how many investor give good respond with ICO is best solution for investing and check have any complain from investor with their ICO?
True, a very lively project that has a fake team is not transparent and only to get money from investors then the project is not taken care of and dead.
Usually, I see how they run his project roadmap as they write in the whitepaper.
Before becoming an investor, as good as his to do a video call with his team to let us know that they are real or fake.
Usually, I see how they run his project roadmap as they write in the whitepaper.
Before becoming an investor, as good as his to do a video call with his team to let us know that they are real or fake.
In bitcointalk forum, there is a scam accusation board here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
You can check there, some bitcointalk members are busting the scammers who use other's peoples pictures as their team profile.
The scam accusation section is good to used, at least it is the first step to avoid investing on wrong project.
You can check there, some bitcointalk members are busting the scammers who use other's peoples pictures as their team profile.
The scam accusation section is good to used, at least it is the first step to avoid investing on wrong project.
Agree, the thread can be a guide before deciding to invest. Legitimate projects certainly have a developer team that has social media and does not use someone else's photo. Besides, it usually has a partnership with a large well-known company.
no one knows how to determine it. Although they help people in the wrong way, I don't think it's good to do it.
and also investors who will invest their money may think that money can be used later for their needs and those of their families.
because not all investors have a lot of money sometimes they bet with the last money, hoping it will develop.
and also investors who will invest their money may think that money can be used later for their needs and those of their families.
because not all investors have a lot of money sometimes they bet with the last money, hoping it will develop.
For anyone said that we have to check the team background, we should have do more research on them or even chat with them deeper about the project.
Because if you just see their CV or Portofolio at linked.in or other website, it can be faked. There are so many project's team with fake linked in portofolio out there so, be careful of choosing project to invest
Because if you just see their CV or Portofolio at linked.in or other website, it can be faked. There are so many project's team with fake linked in portofolio out there so, be careful of choosing project to invest
That's true, need to check as many sources as possible, academic papers, participation in events, press citations to confirm identities and experience. Every team needs experienced developers, if they have only marketers it's a red flag.
Most of the team in the ICO's are just buying information in the black market where they can use as their faces. It is easy to know if you do more researches about the project and especially to the team.
In bitcointalk forum, there is a scam accusation board here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
You can check there, some bitcointalk members are busting the scammers who use other's peoples pictures as their team profile.
The scam accusation section is good to used, at least it is the first step to avoid investing on wrong project.
You can check there, some bitcointalk members are busting the scammers who use other's peoples pictures as their team profile.
The scam accusation section is good to used, at least it is the first step to avoid investing on wrong project.
If the project is a scam, it would be really silly of its team to show their true identities. In most cases, they just find some pics online and use them as the images of their “Chief Financial Officers” or “advisors,” as was seen in Empire Card who used a picture of French actress Sabine de Poncins, little known outside of France, as the portrait of their proud imaginary CEO Patricia Harrison. There have even been reports of Ryan Gosling “working” for a project as a designer under a completely different name.
Some scammers are, however, way more intricate. They know it’s quite easy to reveal a fake pic so they just hire people to pose as their CEOs, CFOs, and so forth. Rumor has it that certain scammers even pay homeless people to pretend they’re leading a disruptive startup to a bright and radiant future. This fraud is much harder to call out, but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.
Some scammers are, however, way more intricate. They know it’s quite easy to reveal a fake pic so they just hire people to pose as their CEOs, CFOs, and so forth. Rumor has it that certain scammers even pay homeless people to pretend they’re leading a disruptive startup to a bright and radiant future. This fraud is much harder to call out, but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.
If the people are real, it's in their own interest to give every proof possible for it. Like interviews, live video amas, lot's of video about everything. Pics more interviews. If devs are clearly avoiding this, there's really no good reason for it. But that's just for made up identities or for identity thieves. There are numerous other ways for them to scam or fail miserably as well. (Envion case)
For anyone said that we have to check the team background, we should have do more research on them or even chat with them deeper about the project.
Because if you just see their CV or Portofolio at linked.in or other website, it can be faked. There are so many project's team with fake linked in portofolio out there so, be careful of choosing project to invest
Because if you just see their CV or Portofolio at linked.in or other website, it can be faked. There are so many project's team with fake linked in portofolio out there so, be careful of choosing project to invest
That's true, need to check as many sources as possible, academic papers, participation in events, press citations to confirm identities and experience. Every team needs experienced developers, if they have only marketers it's a red flag.
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