Personally I have participated in many scam projects and it really sucks specially when you worked hard and spend a lot of time on it only to find out that you get nothing in the end. In cases like that there is really nothing you can do but to move on and be careful next time. For me it is a part of my bounty hunting career and makes a good lesson.
I think, when a project has become a scam, it is not only the bounty hunter who is harmed, but many people who are harmed, such as investors, and others. well, so far, the problem often faced by bounty hunters is vague, unclear payments. well, that is a problem that I often get