In fact, these are statistics, as far as I know, in the middle-end of 2018. But then there was hype, and scam projects were much easier to deceive people.
Now the situation has changed quite a lot and theft of funds has become much less.
Not really. Every now and then, I am hearing about fake projects. The scammers have just turned to their attention to the IEOs from the ICOs. Even now there is no dearth of investors who are ready to invest in such shady projects without any proper research or study. In terms of absolute value, I would even say that the theft of funds have increased.
Fake project will always exist.
The fact is that now are eliminated very much compared to previous years. There are many mechanisms that ensure the validity of a project. If someone get scammed after all, then he totally deserves that.
we can be sure that one of the strongest crimes in the crypto world is a scam project. This has become popular since 2017 and is quite increasing for now. even for now quite a lot of investors are hesitant to invest in the new ICO / IEO.
however, this makes many people cautious and do a lot of research before investing. this can be avoided by deeper research on a project. Well, maybe right now there are enough people who can anticipate this. the most important thing is to experience research on all parties involved to avoid fraud in the form of projects.
Well, there are many other crimes, but with caution I think we can avoid that.