Most fraudulent projects are quite easy to foretell. There are few characteristics that have been very common with projects that end up being fake and scam projects. One of the first way to know that a project is fraudulent is through their white paper. Many of them lacks professionalism, and fail to sell a proper idea. sometimes, whitepaper could be really good too, but project can be fraudulent. Another way to know is if the team members are not of credible characters, then the project is most like fake.