IEOs are way more secured than ICO. ICOs today are just Moneygrab scheme. I don't waste my time on ICOs because they just can't afford to land it to decent Exchange. iEOs can be easily a successful crowdfunding because tokens are easily sold out. But not all IEOs are successful tho. It's because the Exchange they conducted IEO was not a huge Exchange at all. So always buy on reputable Exchanges like Binance or Kucoin.
safe from fraud? Are you sure? then what about the case of the IEO token that was registered in the exchange after IEO was finished and their developer disappeared? if it is felt to be safer, I think there will be many successful projects this year with their IEO sales. but in reality, you can see that not many are successful with IEO. some projects are successful, but not in large numbers.
I do not follow much IEO or ICO. even now I don't do both and focus more on trading in the market. not only because of the many scams but not many new coins that can survive in the market now. even some there is no development after 1 year of the project running. indeed not all projects are like that, but you can see most existing projects like that.
yeah right, don't because the reputation of the exchange makes your mind closed for it. sooner or later everything can happen, there is no guarantee that everything will be okay so be careful about investing