Charging consultation fees is totally legitimate. Finding someone who is who they say they are and do what they say they will is the challenge in this world.

I have talked with Alex, verified he is the real guy, admin of their Twitter account (https://twitter.com/ICOcountdown) , owner of their domain (http://www.icocountdown.com/) and owner of their Telegram account (https://t.me/icocountdown).

I* have hired him for consulting as we move towards our crowd funding launch. I will report as we go.