Often as a newbie, when you see a new project you are tempted to invest in it. Why I agree that not all new projects are scam, always ensure that you do your own research before putting your hard earn money into a project, otherwise you will wake up to discover that the devs have disappeared with your money.
I have a personal experience, a friend and a mentor told me about a new project that was looking very promising, he advised that I invest in it. So, I did even without doing my little investigating, not too long, the dev pulled out liquidity and that was the end of the road for the project.
So, that's how I lost my investment in that project, though I didn't put much, just about 10$, but a lost is a lost.
Please, be careful out there, the devs are not smiling
And if you must invest in a project you are not too sure of, always put something small, don't go all in, you might end up regretting.
Most all the time devs are also doing business here seeking friends is not their priority when running their own project so don't get attached to match and think about they help you to get rich since there main concern is how faster they became rich faster. So don't mix investment with pleasure and always use your brain while investing to avoid getting scam by those devs pretending to be a good shepherd which promise you a never ending profits with them.