...can you write down a list of projects that you have participated in and ended up with a scam ?
The forum has a special section "Scam Accusations", which publishes warnings about such scams projects:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0;sort=first_post;desc Every investor and bounty hunter should carefully follow this section. This will help you save your money and avoid doing useless work that you won't get paid for. In addition, scams hunters maintain their own lists, some of which I publish below: