That's why they keep on saying DYOR = Do your own research.
But newbies today are different, unlike before we've been looking for the appropriate answers to our questions that comes out of curiosity. Now people are only curious on how to become rich overnight.
LOL, DYOR is a must do before investing in any form, including bitcoin, altcoins or investing in ICO projects. I see the current situation many newbie investors in the market are investing in the mass and trend, but not any research on the crypto as well as the market, and most of them are the losses and blamed for the non-potential cryptocurrency market.