I practically believe you and also hard luck for your loss. For anyone who has ever invested in an ICO should know it's a gigantic risk.
Recently, Conston Taylor 'Linkchain' founder and CEO, over 7 ICO advisors, and an investor make a claim on Linkchain whitepaper, for being contacted on LinkedIn by an unknown person to function as an advisor on a project, it eventually turned out being a scam. Related cases have happened in the past, for this is a serious issue that can set back the progress of ICO in the society, before it goes beyond control a serious measures need to be taken to counteract this menace.
Furthermore, Conston stated that "one of the riskiest things that a purchaser can encounter is the
uncertainty that exists with a team that is going through an ICO for the very first time, for all this and some other reasons can pull down the success of any ICO.
We should be aware that this existing problem in the crypto space can and will make many to lose hope on ICO, termed it as a scam. Although, the Linkchain team is currently working to address this issues, a guaranteed 100% security to ICO purchasers.