It is crazy to see how these posts about being scammed get traction so fast. I would hate to be an ICO that has to try and deflect the FUD that comes out. It can literally crush an ICO. Oyster Pearl is in the middle of this scenario right now. They are really trying to refute the people that are accusing them and it sounds like the information might be false or misrepresented. I guess it's like choosing an ICO to invest in. You have to try and divide truth from rumors.
Rumors are everywhere so you need to research about that project before investing on it if you invest on some projcts because of someone said it is good to invest on then it is like throwing your hard earned money blindly so take time to choose an ICO.
But not all ICOs are scam but most of it are scam or not able to get enough attention and then it will fail to reach the soft cap values.