It is true. The new marketing tactics for most ICO projects nowadays is to conduct airdrop to create hype for the project. And this creates a false hype and fomo.
Most of the ICOs had been in the red and not making extravagant profits like in the past. So everyone has to be more selective nowadays
Invest wisely, choose wisely and importantly be smart and researchable because this is the important thing you must have before investing to avoid scam. Some investors do not even educate themselves about the projects they buy. Maybe we should go through these times. But the problem is that some people will not survive here if their expectations are not even in line with reality.