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Hello, as everyone can see, a lot of ICO's price dropped significantly and founders are not delivering anything, because they don't care. People lost their money and hope.


Is there a way to get investors money back by involving government and police?

What if collective group of investors opens a lawsuit similar like is happening now with Tezos?

ICO is high risk gambling so if any of us burnt our hands we should be responsible the regulation is missing in the crypto space till date and we should keep this in mind while putting or staking our money. Put what you can afford to lose in crypto as this is not a stable space till now.

As far as question of putting up law or case this would not be easy at this time as we don't have global system with strong support. What we can do is just be calm and see how this gets progress because many ICO are quite genuine for the problem they are targeting we should give them time to grow and should not act in hurry. 

When you invest some money to crypto you should be ready to lose everything. It's only your own risk.

IN which ICO you have invested?
It is very important before you invest somewhere to read carefully the whitepaper, teams background. Is a high risk investment an ICO but if you invested in a bad ICO you have the full responsibility

If you have invested in an ICO and have been scammed or have bought unvaluable coin, it's your own fault. No one is responsible for the risk you've made and no one can do anything for you.

Cryptocurrencies are not regulated yet, so it an advantage and disadvantage at the same time. You can become a millionaire without paying any taxes, as well as you can get easily scammed. So it only up to you where to invest your money, don't even hope to get them back if you invested in a SCAM project.

Demand controls your coin/token value. You should know when is your money back by reading their roadmap, following their development, and understand the whole technology of the project. You shouldn't ask for return while the product isn't ready yet! We can't only rely on market demands, they are developers that are aimming to deliver a useful product, not a trader, then we need to rely more on demands from platform's users. I think, You, No! We, need to know more about the meaning of investment before asking a return.

i think you can not do that because you can not proof it,
you are sending your money using cryptocurrency,right ?
because of that,it's very hard for them to take an action.many people lost their money because of hacking,stealing and something like that.
but they can not track it because of the criminals using cryptocurrency to send their money.
ICOs is like a gamble or worst than that,
you risk your money without knowing what will happen in the future,
learn from your mistake and never do the same thing again in the future,also if you can track him you can call the police to get them.
(but more likely that will not happen,because of the mixer)

The point is that this technology is still ahead of regulation, so some governments are trying to catch up, so even is you get the authorities against the scammers, under which law will they be prosecuted, it is up to you to evaluate the ICO you are getting involved in before putting your money in it and be prepared to take it if you lose your funds.

Nope. I dont thnk so. You cannot get back what you have lost already. Just look at it as another lesson in your life thaat made you an even better person.it is a gamble to invest into ICOs so be always sure and try to research as much as you can about a specific coin before investing.

And that's exactly why I think China banning ICO was good news, just like Australia and more and more countries willing to implement regulations is good. Too many scams. 90% of scams is probably an understatement.
Friendly advice, don't be too greedy and try make money differently with Bitcoin and other legit altcoins.
People getting X10 their initial investment in ICO were just lucky.
All the best  ;)

this is just the start of threads like this....

people start to realise those white papers are only good for one thing. Public toilets will be full of ico white papers soon.

Look for REAL project with proven durable developers that have already produced working function code with a real use case.

These will be several years old since rome is not built in one day. Yes there were also lots of scams years ago too but their white papers have been flushed long ago.

Imho it will be pretty hard (or even impossible) to prove that devs don't care about the project. They will just say hat something went wrong, they were scammed, ddossed or something else. All ICOs are not regulated, that means that you are not realy investing in the project but investing in the idea of the project that was described at the whitepaper. I don't think that police will do something while developers are at least trying to work on the project.
I would just recommend to remember all team members and make your desicion at peast partly on their trust history.

Lmao, good luck with that. Should have done your research beforehand.

no its not, you have bought their token for your token,

if their token are worth nothing its your problem

they didnt do a contract with you

i am saying that as someone who does an ISO that is trustworthy

i still dont want your money though

regards

No. I know you've lost a big money but it's your responsibility to check the ICOs before you invest. You know there a risk on coins and some end up to a scam so just treat it as a lesson because these scammers are going to get in jailed in the end once everything gets regulated.

I think there is no way you can get your money back feom those shady ICO. ICO nowadays become high risk for investors. Maybe 20% legit and 80% scam. This is the problem I noticed about ICO as being unregulated. It is easy for the owners to get away with investor's money and no chance of being caught. Hope you'll learn from this. Invest your money wisely.

Tezos is getting sued, and it won't be long until class action lawsuits are launched against other fraudulent companies that are raising tens of millions, or sometimes hundreds of millions, with no intention of ever developing a product. Unfortunately, you might need to be in a specific jurisdiction to participate in these class action lawsuits. Also good luck suing companies that are based offshore in dodgy jurisdictions.

Investing in ICOs are really risky in the sense that we don't know what is going to happen in the future. Things may go wrong unexpectedly before, after or midway in the project no matter how good and promising this ICO seems to be. It takes time to have a research on the company and people involved in the ICO, read and understand their mission whether it is doable or not (so just don't rush). Firm decision is also needed while submitting your money at risk on their hands. Afterall, it will be a big money if this ico succeeds.

Just remember the famous quotation of investment: "Don't invest what you can't afford to lose."

when you join a ICO means you risk with your money, you can be lost your money or can get big profit. The best before investing to a ICO you should research all information of this ICO, this will reduce the risk of losing your money

Depends is they scammed you out of your money or whether it was a legitimate investment that just went wrong. Right now there isn't much you can do in either scenario but if you can prove a company is scamming people out of their money then maybe you can take legal action to get some money back. But remember with investing you take the risk with the reward, not every investment and certainly not every ICO will work out and you should plan your investments accordingly to this fact.

The only thing people can do when getting into ICOs now is just do your own research and see if the risks are worth taking.

This is why I just love to participate on bounties than investing money on ICO's. I can only afford to lose my time than money as life is hard as hell now. ICO's are just a matter of luck for me because we all know how risky it is and we don't know when will be these ICO's will run away with our investments. Decentralized investments don't care about governments and police and vice versa. If these ICO's were regulated or not then I don't know yet about legal actions do the governments to take on it but it maybe possible for them to open a lawsuit just like of Tezos.

I don't think they'll allow that. When you invest something in an ICO, you are blocking your money until the token goes on trade on an exchange. And the time frame to happen that in indefinite in most of the case.

I think there is no way to return money from losses due to investment in ICO.
 it is a risk that we must accept if invest in ico. therefore wise in choosing ico not perfunctory.
consider the project read well its white paper to know the prospect of the project

I agree that some Ico won't refund your investment because at the first place you are the one who put your money there and if this happens to you or to anybody or me. I think i need to more research about the ico before i invest. I always keep in my mind that investing is a very risky thing.

I dont think there is such law that can give you back what you invest on ICO, ICO is a high kind of investment and the only way for you to gain back what you invest is to sell the coin.
Most developers of coins only want the money from ICO and after that there will be no more movement from the developers.

Well no. Unless there is misleading advertising or misuse of funds there is really nothing you can do about most ICOs. You know fully well going into the ICO that you are going to invest in an unsecured investment with no guarantees.

The tokens from the ICOs are traded on a free market, so it's not the ICO that scammed you. You may have just bought the wrong token at the wrong time.

And pretty sure most ICOs are located overseas, as well as having terms and conditions that protect themselves from getting sued for anything.

You can't do anything, Because the project will be placed in overseas. That waste a lot of your money to get back it again. The reason for some investors opens a lawsuit caused by the tezos worth hundreds million dollars. The possibility about the money will be seized by the goverment.

nope, there is no way for you to take back the money. as always, dyor before investing in crypto and you have no one to blame except yourself if you being scam in crypto. high risk high return, people often see only return but ignore the high risk part.

That is why the former Chinese country forbade ICO, that's because most ICOs are too risky.
but if you are currently deprived of investment on ICO then there is nothing you can do.
You can just stay and try to make sure that your investment will be restored.
That's why ICO is considered a risky thing because not all ICOs have a good level of success.

Many countries in the world are in China, the United States and Korea ... the ban on ico is good news. When investors and a bad ico mean that you have lost that money, the states that issue a ban on ico to protect the money of their citizens.

Go to good lawyers! Here for example https://icorefund.pro

Those that invest in ICO are aware of the risk involve that is why you should  consider your involvement with cryptocurrency investment very seriously! Cryptocurrency investment is not your regular type of investment and is not meant for everyone!

I think investors can sue the project owners if the carefully study the whitepaper and the rules and regulations and find any breach on the part of the project owners. But make sure the law is on your  side otherwise there is no need to waste further money on legal fees pursuing a loss that has already gone. I will say there is no need to reinforce failure. It is gone let it be by gone and use it as a learning curve for next opportunity. Let us be wise in our investment decision.

In my country, it is impossible to hold accountable for cheating during the ICO. In the near future, many countries will determine the position of cryptocurrencies and ICO then it will be possible to bring to justice an unscrupulous team.

Sorry - no way. It happens, we all invested in scam. ICOS have no regulation now, so nothing can be done. I'm sorry.

Practically nothing! You must be prepared in advance and know that investing is a risk. At any moment you can be deceived.

If there are no conditions in the smart contract, then after the investment you can immediately take your investment.

I think that there is little chance. Well, what country are you in and what country is the project related to?
if the project is not scam and the price of the token has fallen due to the market situation, then it will rise with the growth of the entire market

Because you can't request refund in most case. I think the only way is you must wait until the token listed on exchanges, then sell your tokens to get back your money. But it will not be easy like that because in recent time, all token get dump lower than ICO price, so you must accept lost if you want to get back your money early.

bring this into line laws I think there will be no way out. indeed may include fraud cases, but to trace where it came from is certainly not easy. It's already a risk that should be experienced in crypto and loss is a reasonable thing to happen. willing and able to be used as learning to choose the next ICO investment so be careful.

I don't think that is a problem of the project team. You should analyze the project and market situation before joining ICO.

Unfortunately, to return everything in case of failure of the company you will not succeed. Because ISO is like a stock exchange game.
You invest money and hope that the shares of one or another company will grow. And if their price falls, then you cannot change anything.
Therefore, nothing can be returned back. You just need to be more careful in choosing projects where to invest money.

Can you get your money back from investing in stock markets? I think that the answer is definitely not, therefore investing definitely will not bring you back your money. Because it is simply impossible.

Investing in any ICO this day is very risky, because many project today is a scam project or a not successful project. So that if the coins or tokens they have will have a price sell it before it's too late so that you cam get your money back.

Getting money of investors back if ICOs hit the rock is very difficult which is why it's very important to be mindful of the fact that investing in crypto is a risk and you should invest what you can afford to lose... It's important to take note that the project's CEO's are smart, they always restrict some investors from some regions for example US citizens are always restricted from majority of the ICOs because they're aware of the fact that sec will catch up with them if they mess up..... So it is better not to invest than to be thinking about how to get your money back, it can seems impossible

There is no other way, when you invest in an ICO it is an independent decision, you have agreed to all the rules given. When ICO is not as expected, you can only be patient and there is nothing you can do about it

Investing in an ICO that is a risky investment, you face the risk of losing all your investment. There is no way to get back your investment if you invest in a scam project. If you have such a situation, then you are less fortunate and have experience for the next time

Probably won't work. That is why it is forbidden to invest in residents of countries such as the United States. Investing in ICO you put a tick that you are not a resident of the United States. This is done because the United States has a very strong legislation that can punish fraudsters when contacting the police and the court.

If you have invested money in ICO, you need to wait until the project token will grow, and then sell it already, at the very beginning there is no point.

I don't think that there is a way to get our money's back after we lose on the ICO. It is why that if we want to invest in anything, we need to know how much money we want to us so if we are losing from the investment, and we still have the money to try with the other things. I don't know if there is an institute or something like that which will help the investor to get their money back if the ICO failed.

expectations are too high if you think there will be a refund if it turns out the price of the token in the market is not appropriate because in my opinion if the company does not commit fraud no one can make a claim and the market price depends entirely on the coin holder it's normal for now. I'm learning from CENTRA's experience

Real reasons why I amazed of the opinion for ICO investment regulation, where there should be real regulatory bodies that will ensure ICO scams are curtailed, here such ICO do not collect pay directly but by escrow such that if eventually they are not able to deliver a desired project the investors can be refunded a certain percentage of their investment capital, that way ICO scams will be reduced

I think the chances to return the money invested in ICO are very small. With me, too, was the case when I lost a significant amount for me. The price of tokens after entering the exchange decreased more than 30 times, and does not grow. This served as a good lesson to me that you do not need to invest a lot of money, and invest as much as you are willing to lose. Investment is a risk, and we must not forget it

maybe by keeping hold of the tokens from ico in a longer period of time is one of the right ways to get back the capital that has been spent to invest in the ico, if indeed ico has good prospects then most likely the price will rise along with market recovery later, it's just that we don't know when that market recovery will occur.

When we decide to invest in this crypto world, we should understand its risk. When you are doing any investment, there are only two choices; you get the profit or loss your money. I don't think that the government or the police will help the case. So, we have to be careful in investing our money.

I think you have two opportunities. The first is to buy more coins now, while the coin dropped. If you buy the same amount of tokens now, you will decrease the price. The second opportunity is just to wait and to hope for the better market conditions.

You have already mentioned about your concerns is that ico price drops meaning its about the token whos value goes dump after the hunters and some investors sold their token or coin.

BY this it means the ico you are telling is not scam since they give the tokens/coins whats your poblem is the price dumping,things that developers can stop from happening.from this police or any legal concerns has nothing to do with this

I knew about this risk when I invested into cryptocurrency but I think I should give it some more time if I what to see some up-grows.

I guess its a long process and how much you spend in the ICO project because if you involved the government I am pretty sure you have to spend during the process.  If you invested heavily, then maybe you should try. A lesson learned here, is don't invest blindly.

It seems to me that you will not refund money from a large number of projects, because there are so many scammers in crypto projects, you should invest in projects that warn you that they can return the money

Investing in ICOs is is highly risky and it is your responsibility taking that risk. High profit goes with high risk, this is why we have to do a deep research on the project prior investing into it (WP, Team, Roadmap, social media etc.)

Well, some developers or CEOs of some projects might not be sincere with their dealings with investors.
Then it is also very essential that you do your own research before joining or investing into any project.
Then i do not think there is any body available to regulate the activities of ICOs, except you are dealing with STOs.
Another opportunity is if you know the country of residence of the project, then you can report to the government there, if they are ready to tale it up.

I know that many companies after ICO fail usually gets money back to investors, or at least 30% of investments.

Right now there are some projects that give back the investors their money if the projects does not do well but that is only a small percentage of people who are doing that now, most of the projects just take off with the investors money when the projects does not work out and they do not even bother to tell the investors what their money was used for or where it is going

This is impossible, and your understanding of coins is almost zero. This type of investment will go bankrupt, you have to be careful. You need to understand the Ethereum of smart contracts. Investing in ICO does not allow you to retrieve any coins. Only the coins issued by the project party.

I hope you understand that investing in ICOs is very risky and can also lead to such situations. No, you won't get any refund, after the ICO has successfully completed. The only thing you can do is to wait and hope,  that the team and the devs will do something.

Sometimes it is possible if company operates with SEC legislation. But in most cases it will get you nowhere. Fraud is common story in crypto, so don't refuse it, there is nothing strange in it.
just make deep review of ICO you want to participate in and that's it.

what is tezos?
we cannot sue the developer because they also have a road map. indeed there are some companies that have lost their road maps. but if you are an investor, try not to complain because you are only thinking about how to get instant money and become a millionaire, while the market is unpredictable. and developers are confused because they also cannot regulate the market.

But we are not only interested in the money that is being returned to investors, but also the money that does not pay for the work of the bounty hunters. Even if the project did not reach soft or hard cap, but people (bounty hunters) did their work, why they are not paid. exactly the same scam. If your project is not successful so pay from your wallet

Participating and investing in an ICO is a high risk investment decision! If you want an investment where you you want government to intervene in case of loss, you should have gone for government regulated, packaged investment available to you!

Most of the ICO's do not offer refund. Some offer token buy-back. I have also seen some offering direct refunds but most of the time you can not get a refund. I suggest you learn more about ICO's before investing in them.

it's hard to get investor money back, even though it will involve the government and the police, how to sue it, whereas legally in crypto is a free area, everyone can do anything here. so if there is an error it will return to personal intuition

Choose an ICO where the founder and its team do really care about the project.

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I see some projects that do really care a lot of with what they are working on. And if you want to file a law suit then you can do the same thing so SEC and its appropriate local body will take action.

You can do this only if the tokens are worth the same price as stated for the ICO, otherwise it seems to me that you will fail!

Today, nothing can be done to do something, because the ICO market today is not ready to do it. There is only hope for developers who would be really very cool if they sent money back, provided that the project did not raise funds.

Unfortunately, most ICOs only have a return policy for investors if they do not reach the softcap. In addition to the terms and conditions they also mention this, and investors almost no rights.

I believe the only way we could get our money back after investing in an ICO, is just by selling the coins that we got from the ico that we join in.
Without it, i think we won't be able to take back the money that we invest on, except if the project is unsuccessful, then we would get our money refunded.

this is possible if the ICO was registered in the USA and everything was monitored by SEC. and I think it is very very very difficult to do.

There is nobody of laws which govern such matters I guess. so the Government or police would not interfere with existing conditions. Perhaps that can be done is to wait and hold the proceeds from the investment if it has already been paid. at least until it reaches a new high price for sale but if not then willing just because it hoped the money back it's very impossible.

I think it is a risk that we must take into account before investing in the ICO, and that is what makes ICO as a place to invest at risk, but some of them remain promising.

Investing in ICO is an option and this is risky, if you want to return the initial capital in the ICO, then you just wait and be patient until you have the value that you expect. Law and police cannot help you because this is a decision that you have made.

Getting back invested money in a short term period is not easy as investment in cryptocurrency should be long term. The investors need to realize that investing is not gambling, you need to allow time for your investment to grow!

I think it is possible if the form of ICO you participated is illegal or they breach the investors and developer agreement.  But as long as the ICO is transparent, operate in accordance to the law, there is no way you can file a law suit against them if the bankruptcy came from the legit market movement.

May be and I don't think many register as a company under any country which will make it hard to really file a case against and how are you sure those that claim to be the team are really who they claim to be, more so once the token is generate and sent out then there is no way to get back your funds except if the soft cap is not reached and the team are very good one with reputation , then they can refund the cash but if not I don't think it will be that easy and more reason the regulation is key if crypto really want to survive.

You cannot get back your money and government can't help you. You take the responsibility of your money, if you invest, you take your risks, because no project take real responsibility for their token price after listing.

I don't think that possible for now to get our fund back through the involvement of government and police.
Cause there are still no official regulation on a project that opening an ICO, so it will be hard to make that kind of move to get our fund back.

My advise for you is that you should have it in mind to make at least half of your investment or the actual amount you invested with that's when you see the project is no longer growing just set a sell order to the exact amount you invest with and half of it and pray it will be buy, all because half bread is better than none so go for the little you can or leave it.

what happen with Tezos?

If there are more people reporting on the ICO project, the project party may return the crowdfunding funds under pressure.

You won't get your money back after an ICO. Only in case if the project did not met their funding goals. But there is no other way to receive your funds back. I would recommend to spend time on researching a project before taking part in it.

I think you should be aware of every risk, especially if you invest your money in ico. this is a risk that you have to face all the time especially when the market is chaotic as it is now.
there is nothing you can do by involving the police or the government unless there is an element of scam.

to be able to get the profit or money you invest in ICO maybe you have to wait until the ICO price experiences a price increase because if you sell it at a cheap price then you will only get a loss and it will make you depressed.

If it is possible to identify the persons responsible for the ICO and there is evidence that they have committed fraudulent acts, the SEC can easily close their company and hand it over to the procurator.

I guess you're making a joke.
You should be aware before being involved in the crypto industry, especially if you invest your money in the ico project. I think it's different if when you get a profit, this is where you have to understand before actually investing.

I doubt that from the government and the police can achieve the return of their cryptocurrency. Firstly, it is difficult to track it, even if it belongs to you. And secondly, the laws governing this market is not enough.

I think cryptoinvestors mistaken investment for speculation. Investment involves a long-term strategy, not a quick income.

to involve the police or the government, it will not be able to, because crypto is an independent institution, except for the central institution, it will be possible, but to take care of it I think it is quite complicated

Most likely you will hardly succeed in this way, although it seems that you can write a collective complaint somewhere, but the government and the police are unlikely to help!

Investing in any ICO is a risk. The reason for this is simple. There is no regulatory authority and the laws or government cannot help you out if you get in trouble. The only way you can stay safe is by being careful where you invest so you can be sure of your investments. Also remember not to lose faith if you’ve actually researched because the crypto market fluctuates.

Exactly. It was his mistakes. That's why before make any investment into ico, we should check all information about projects and after confirm that project is good then we can put our money.

If you want your money back then be patient and follow basic rule. First just hold whatever you have. Second if you have more money then invest in top 10 coin only. Third invest in high rates coin only

And what is possible? I thought it was impossible in principle. But the market has fallen. And some coins and tokens will still grow. How to punish scam?

Investments are sent in rare cases and this happens only in projects that probably really wanted to raise money to implement the idea and not just steal it as it happens today. Therefore, if the investment is returned, it is simply wonderful.

They will return your investment if they don't scam you because many project now are scam and they run off after receiving money and I don't hear any news that anyone charged of that crime.

I does not think even when a lawsuit is make government will do anything to help the investors to claming back their money as crypto is decentralize what happen inside crypto is out of what government can control and will control.

Did you know what is ICO and Investment? ICO a new method of funding for start-ups in which new digital tokens or coins are issued, investing in ICO requires very high risk appetite because of its high risk high reward characteristics, one can generate extreme returns in a matter of weeks but also lose their entire portfolio overnight, you can't blame anyone and remember don't risk money you can't afford to lose

Don't think that this is possible, especially now... sell your tokens when you get them or hold.

Sorry, ICO investment must wait until the project is successful before you can get your own money. ICO has lost its former glory, and the bear market investment ICO is very dangerous. You should learn the lesson.

This is the main reason why investors leave the market, precisely because there is nothing in state laws about this, but here we can also talk about fraud, but in order to understand who the developers are, we need services for publishing data about developers.

You can get your money back only if the development team is decent people, and give money to their investors if this is a scam project, then, unfortunately, this is the end.

Unfortunately, investments in ICO are very risky.Before you make an investment all necessarily read whitepaper.And in no one I have not met a text that would guarantee investors a return of funds due to the situation in the market.Refunds can only be made if the team does not collect soft cap.In other cases, alas, Your funds are lost.But don't despair maybe all will change for the better and purchased tokens will give X. It is quite likely.

When I make investments in any business, no one guarantees me the return of my funds, first I conduct an economic calculation, I look at the possibility of a refund, so why in the crypto currency someone should guarantee you something? Perhaps we should start thinking and assessing opportunities and risks ourselves.

When investing in a coin you have to think carefully about the risks you will encounter. When the prices of the coins you invest rise, do you praise or reward the founders? Meanwhile, when the coin starts to fall, you blame them for not paying attention. Its so unfair  >:(

Investing in ICO, is just like gambling, some times you realize your money with profit while sometimes you will loose your money. That is the main reason I don't event must in ICO even have make a proper findings.

the way to return it is by reselling the tokens that you have on the available exchanger, but if the price falls from the price of your purchase then the only way is to wait for the price to improve and return your money.

If there's no real basis and with this current situations around crypto industry not even the government can make anything, no one force you to invest and it is investors obligations to research deeper and study the potentials of any ico projects, as we knew that placing your money into this type of investment is really risky there's no assurance that the project will succeed, unlike last year where many projects really delivers and early birds earned a lot.

If the project is officially registered in a particular country or for a specific natural-legal person, then you can try to bring to justice.
but in the overwhelming majority of countries there is no legislation for cryptocurrency required for such processes.

If I understand you well you are trying to take a legal action against the icos you have invested in. Well for me I dont think that  will be easy due to the following reason I will give use. Firstly many of this ICO have business that doesnt have a valid location and their business is not registered. Secondly if you check most ICO whitepaper very well, there are sections that is called 'term of use" or " legal informations" information provided on this section most time tells that they do not guaranty of investors profiting from the project. that is the information provide the risk involved. getting back your money is pratically unrealistic.

I think you will not get your money back. The project team does not obligate you to invest in it, you do it at will. The fact that they are unable to begin working on the market, it's their problem and they don't answer directly to investors, unless prior agreements.

The only person responsible for your investment is You. If you are not scammed just the project is not moving
as you were expected instead of complaining  just get out of it ( even with loss ) and do not let that it turn your
 investment down. Find another, perspective one and have more luck with it. ( a good research can help and some luck )

And it is these projects that, according to the results, donate a lot to investors lately, this is precisely the virus of the cryptocurrency world that we need to remove from our system today. There are many projects that promise to save us from this, but so far I do not see results.

In some places if the government care for the money of their citizens then they will take some action against those projects which have not fulfilled their promises and left their projects while the others which are going on their way and because of the market they are facing the problems the governments cannot take action. For that you have to wait for the good time to come in the crypto market.

exactly once. basically the project failed and successful it's already a public secret and certainly of that already should be careful in choosing projects. selective in the election will determine the outcome and when what is chosen is not appropriate then that could be responsible for is myself. There is not any legal entity that will handle it because crypto is still not legal in many countries.

Possibly, but chances are slimmed since we are on a decentralized space and if the ico you invested is not under sovereign authority there is no way to get it back.

Due to it's low market you have to keep patience then you can make double of your money but here now is required wait for making income in future and ICO is good if successful in future and now overall market is down so here the value of our money will more devalued in present.

Now there is no regulation for ICO and any investment in cryptocurrency is accompanied by huge risks. You should be responsible for your money and understand what risks await you. But to file a class action in case of fraud to the police you should, if you hope to return the money.

It is impossible to get your money back after investing into the ICO's, it is impossible to take legal action on the ICO because there is no specific regulation adopted to the ICO's. The only option you have is to wait as long as possible until the price of coin starts increasing in the market.

But you can look at this problem as an opportunity. Because usually it is smart people who make it so that when the market falls, they have few reserves in USDT or other stable coins, and successfully invest in projects that have fallen in prices.

Forget about your money and move on. There is nothing we can do to recover the loss of funds from most ICOs. Some projects use fake identities and it makes it harder for us to prosecute them even if we can.

No, you can’t, if you don’t return the ICO already, all you can do is to hope that the tokens will be paid and the coins will not fall immediately after the listing!

Have you read the whitepaper of the project?
everyone, this is a good question to answer for the better of everyone.
For me getting back the investment you put on the project is not acceptable to get back.
Before you invest on any project you should study well the tem and its project.
This will be not a good thing for the team if they let investors take the money back.
Because of the market situation! just remember better be smart as always!

Everything you do in crypto is borne by yourself because crypto has a fluctuating price, so it's better to be an experience to be more careful investing, especially at the ICO. I've also been like you but I won't do it again

I agree with you, the risk will always be because it is cryptocurrency and few of the influential people who today are market investors will provide an opportunity for full control of cryptocurrency, as it is advantageous to have such a tool for getting quick money for influential people of this world.

It is like gambling without even playing any game. You just put your money in them. More like stocks.

If you are going to sue them then you might need a strong documentation of why, how and what reason are you targetting for them to pay back what you have loss.

Most of them just files bankruptcy and Voila there is no need to pay anyone. Better hurry before they find a better reason than what you will complain.

You should participate in such projects, in which the rules state that if the market collapses, your invested money will be worth the price you bought, there are a lot of such projects today.

Unfortunately, you will not get any justice, this is an investment and usually in the technical documentation they write that all the responsibility lies with you and your choice is a balanced and deliberate decision, for the consequences of which they are not responsible. That's why the police won't help you. You knew what you were doing.

I think that trying to recover the lost invested money through the court is very difficult and in most cases useless.  The way out is to find another, more reliable, proven and promising project and invest there.

The problem is that many ICOs are conducted by campaigns registered in various offshore areas. In addition, they are often registered on nominees. All this makes it problematic to hold the organizers accountable.

Wow, this was posted a year ago when the ICO market was booming.
Now, it is the norm to lose money on an ICO.
In fact, with the recent crash, is there any ICO that is selling above ICO price?

Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done.
Even in the US where there are clear laws and agencies to deal with it, nothing much happens.
For example, the SEC cracked down on bitconnect, centra, and titanium, all very hyped up Projects with a lot of investors.
A year later, there is literally no time frame at all of refunds let alone if you can even claim your tokens back.
Just court dates to set more court dates.
So I imagine in other countries with less strict regulation, it would be basically impossible.

I think getting investors' money back is not easy. let alone involving the police, of course it cannot. because a risk in the crypto is borne alone without anyone's intervention. so we can't complain to other people.

Although this can be done but it seems to be very difficult and requires a lot of time, considering that each ICO participant is in several different countries

ICO is almost the same as investment in general, when you get a loss it is very impossible to request a refund. Although, it has involved the government and the police
Before investing, surely you will be asked to agree to their terms and conditions, so I think whatever happens you must accept it

But you understand that there are very few such projects and it is usually very difficult to take part in such projects, because these guys immediately charge fees very quickly, since they do not require large investments.

You cant do anything about it and this isn't only happening on TEZOS but on most projects on the market as of now which they haven't delivered on what they
have promised when they are still starting up. Come to think of that even legit projects do still struggle into their price on the current market condition and also
consider that there are lots of shitcoins in the market.

It would be great if the ICO model were changed. It is necessary to integrate something very similar to the skeleton of the algorithm, which would have a lot of conditions under which developers would receive investor funds. That is, to achieve the goal, investors receive some of the funds.

At the moment there is no, cryptocurrency in most countries is not a valuable asset, and there is also no legal framework that should regulate the activity related to cryptocurrency, you just have to wait and hope that the cryptocurrency market will go up and you will get a profit

I think that you will not return your money from the ICO, unless they can collect a soft cap and return all the money back to investors

no authority is responsible for your complaint, even if you report to the police station you will only be laughed at.
Did you not learn beforehand about the ICO rules? Your risk and loss is your own responsibility, yes this is the risk of this investment.

That's the risk involved in investing in cryptocurrencies, almost every ICO is based promises that may or may never be fulfilled and sadly nothing can be done about it.

If the project was registered to a legal entity that is in a country with good laws, then you can try to contact the law enforcement agencies and the courts of this country. If the project was registered in the offshore zone - then you can not do anything.

If there was a KYC system and user agreements indicate that you are investors, you need a collective statement or legal assistance at the place of registration of the company.

you cannot return your money that you have invested, it is unrealistic and you should understand this when you invested money

Involving government and police? Well, first you must note is that "does your country legalize the crypto?'. Additionally, it is important to note that "investment will only involve two things "profits and risks". If you are ready to get the profits, so you must be also ready of the risks. Investing in crypto, especially in ICO is also very risky. Investment is not only about getting back your money higher in only few months. You must be more patient to wait for a year or more. Just be patient and be careful before investing. I'm sure that there are still many ICOs that offer promising future.

Each person has his own strategy and tactics on this. Some people do not do anything continue to keep their coins - this is the most safe and secure option. For those who like to take risks, you can try to re-invest your money in some new project.

every time you join on any ICO there is always a terms & condition that you need to consider when putting your own money, the value of tokens is usually fluctuate once it is on the public market and the team has no control of it but they can make it rise if they deliver the product and increase the demand for the token.

I think that only through the court it is possible to achieve a positive result in this difficult matter.

Before you invest in ICO, you should check the whitepaper and the people behind the project very carefully.
Whether you can recover the invested money depends on the legal regulations in the country in which the project / company was registered.
Before you start taking any steps, check whether the project develops in accordance with the announced roadmap .. it is possible that the work takes place behind the curtain and everything will be fine.

No one is controling ICOs, so you invet your money in ICO at your own risk. Everyone says that it is risky, that is true, so preapare yourself that you may lose your money.

As long as no one regulates the ICO it does not make sense to involve the police especially in those countries where crypto is not allowed by the government. You need to invest in Bitcoin and wait for profits.

I think that there is no way how to recover your lost funds. A lot of ICOs that didnt deliver any product fall down to 0 or lost 99% of ICO value. And recovering the 99% would be pretty hard.

 You can not return invested money from the classes ICO project, but you can return it from the new type of ICO model called DAICO. This type of ICOs was introduced by Vitalik Buterin as a new way to protect investors from scam situations.

As far as I've known so far, I still see many governments that have not accepted the crypto, and it is impossible for the government to do so. This will cause a country to crumble with negative rumors that crypto is a fraud. Just maybe  ::).

The terrible situation has turned out with many investors, but I think the money will not be returned, it remains to wait until the market recovers and hope that the project in which you have invested is not a scam

No, I don’t think you are able to get back money invested in ICO projects because of prices fell. It is the same everywhere in stock markets and forex trading.

And also hope that if the project can not collect anything, that the project developers will not run away and start paying your investments, which you managed to invest in the project, there are still no laws.

team is not responsible for the droped price it is always the traders who were willing to make losses and sell low.. police has nothing to do with the bad investment decisions you make or i don't think so that any lawsuit of this kind can be filled against the company.

I don't think that there is anyway to get back the money that you have invested into icos, i have never heard of anyone getting back the money which they have invested into icos. If there was a way to do that I bet everyone would be demanding for the money that they have invested into icos when the projects don't end up working out

I think that no one will return the money. Even if the government starts to figure it out and find the guilty, most likely they simply will not have money, because they will hide it or put it in cash.

As a rule, investors do not receive their investments if this project is a scam project, because one must read about it. what is all written in terms of investment, it should be negotiated. If this is not, then you will not get anything.

You do not have any idea how it can be possible. Nowadays, if you enter the industry, you are also accepting the risks of getting scammed or losing your money. Unfortunately I do not know any way of getting your money back.

There are many reasons why we lose money when investing in ICOs. We invest in ICO scam and we lose everything, or we invest in bad projects and its price drops 5-10 times over the ICO. No one can pay back our investment

I think that many countries block the ICOs for that very reason, because it is difficult to know if the people behind are real, you can talk to your lawyer and ask him, he will be much more informed on this subject, is like denouncing a ghost company, but there are always traces that can be followed, although I do not know if it is worth it.

You know why now there are so many scammers. Because punish units. In the first in which countries of the country will you file applications for trading staff? If the amount is large, you need a legal consultation.

Especially if the project is sent to the market, but the price does not match, it will actually not be possible to punish them. Since they fulfilled the basic conditions.

In any case, each user of a cryptocurrency must be aware of the risk he is taking when investing in new and dubious projects. Moreover, today the market and companies are very full of fraudulent projects. especially today we have to be extremely careful.

Once you have invested and the project hit soft cap, there is no way you can get back your money. Unless you have valid proofs that the project is scam, otherwise there is no case.

Hmmm! This is absolutely cool enough if only someone is not aware that where he is investing is more or less like gambling but if someone is informed earlier, I see no reason in such decision. It’s absolutely pathetic that these days the ICO industry has turn to money fraudulent option for scammers all over

This is impossible, and newcomers must understand the strengths and weaknesses of ICO investment. The downside is that it is fatal when your coins leave the wallet and they are not your money. Only successful ICO projects can return their coins. But many ICOs have failed, they won't return any of your coins, they just draw your money through ICO.

But there are facts that are recognized as fraudulent, if today BTC is in general an unmarked asset, then this does not prevent you from writing a statement to the police. I think we need to talk more about this.