refrain from investing in a project that falls under category of shitcoin and meme coin, usually these project have no use case, rarely good products its just plain token that they offered and thats it.
you already do yourself a favor saving yourself from investing into shitcoin which definitely have the potential of scamming you.
One side for the OP too and one side for those of us here who are still young in understanding. Maybe OP's advice is also useful, especially for newcomers. From the OP to point number 2, namely 2) Asking about the project on forums like bitcointalk where more experienced members can give proper advice. I'm pretty good and that review is what we're really waiting for here.