I thınk you can't avoid scam ICO's if it is in your faith

because they can look legit and after six months past of their ico they can say we are done we can't deliver this product because of this because of that bla bla.. You can protect this situation with blockchain or nothing else. If you are not a risky person you need to go on with BTC LTC and Eth or really good proven altcoins.
I agree that risks of the global market for ICOs projects at least are the same as for VC fueled projects. I talking more about intended misleading of [Suspicious link removed]munity.