1. CHECK THE PROJECT - you need to do research about the bounty, the project team, the whitepaper because some might just copy and paste it, the advisors, roadmap, bounty pool and ofcourse the founder you need to be a good observer, check their background because sometimes by just merely observing and reading you will know right away if the bounty is a scam.
That's not the case always.You're just stereotyping the obvious things.Bounty can be turned into a scam even if all the details are legit.You can get white-papers written for as cheap as $10 bucks so considering it as a valid reason is not okay.
2. CAMPAIGN MANAGER - the one that you should always consider, because if the bounty manager is scammer then the bounties itself is a scam, and it is really obvious if the bounty manager has a negative trust then surely he or she is scammer, one thing to consider also is the rank of the bounty manager the higher the rank the higher the legit factor, you can always do research here there are many list of legit and reliable bounty manager and the list of all bounty manager scammers.
Accounts can be bought in the forum and higher rank adds no credibility to the account unless they're backed by relevant feedbacks.This point is also useless as a good bounty manager may end up working for a bad project and visa-versa.
more power!
I hate that term.Do you guys hail from a specific country where this term is often used to describe something ?