You're right. The situation is very similar to the beginning of 2017. Then, ICO was the only way to earn big X-s.
So you have to take part in ICO, get a profit, then go to the crypto currency, once again make a profit and then withdraw some of the money into fiat, and invest some in ICO again

Some kind of bottomless golden barrel is obtained from you

There is always a chance to bump into scammers, the risk is more than 50%