a pretty good way to identify his team. Another way to identify a fake project is, sometimes you can see it from inaccurate team information, and it's quite new to social media. besides, their concept and website look unprofessional. some projects sometimes provide a sizeable bonus, at a fantastic discount. to be honest there are many ways to identify a project that is a scam or has the potential to be a scam or not. however, some of them are clever enough to cover it all, so sometimes people need escrow and a trusted third party for payment issues.
What if those fake projects actually mask their IP addresses. I mean, if that's the only way to find out if a project is fake then it'll going to be really problematic, I must say. But then, I feel proper research on the team members and their history does it for me.