My point being : Such projects often use middlemen to find resources for them and keep themselves away from all the hassles .If you're posting a job offer,you must take full responsibility of it from start to end.
Lykke is a very young startup and I wouldn't ever say it's a totally safe investment, because of course there are risks. But the risk that it could be or turn into a scam is zero. It's a really great Team of not only skilled but also very nice people. Most known is Richard Olsen who is co-founder and former CEO of oanda.com (FX-trading-platform), Sergey Ivliev is an awarded IT-Expert and Risk-Manager, and there are many others on that level who really share a vision, not just a business-idea.
Who wants to take a deeper look can find a lot of infos in the Ann:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-lykke-trade-bitcoin-ethereum-fx-and-digital-assets-1402110