I have been a victim of TheBillionCoin or TBC which is a fake cryptocurrency mostly sold by peer to peer promising potential buyers that the value will always increase and soon it would be available in exchanges...that never came true because TBC can never be accepted by exchanges due to many problems. In order to be guided on selecting real ones from the fakes coins...here are some questions you should be asking:
1. Is coin listed in
www.coinmarketcap.com? In case it is not yet listed, does it have a plan to get listed. CMC has now became the authoritative site when it comes to cryptocurrency and their value. It would be a big boost to a coin/token to be listed in there.
2. Is coin available for trading,buying,selling in public coin exchange? This should be part and parcel of the RoadMap of the cryptocurrency especially if it is only in the introductory or marketing stage.
3. Does your cryptocurrency have Blockchain Explorer? Now, this is the most critical one and without it this we have nothing to talked about. This is one which the TBC I mentioned above failed miserably.
4. Does Company (or the team behind the coin/token) accept their own coin for their packages, services or products? Otherwise, the project is just treating you like a joke. This is true with TBC.
5. Does it have own wallet to send, receive coin? This is important too...though all of the fake coins also have their own wallets for transactions purposes.
Now, I am sure that there can be more gauge we can use to determine whether one can be real or just one pretending to be true but actually is not...these are just the basics I am talking here. You owe it to yourself to do your own due diligence...we already have Google to help you.