What is a big difference between ICO (Initial Coin Offering) and IEO (Initial Exchange Offering)?
The big difference is ICOs were promoted by some random people on the internet who may not aware much abiut the project but IEOs were promoted by big centralized exchange which may give some positive thought about the project among investors.
While this may be a filter that better separates scams from non-scams, due diligence is needed with all new projects. The exchanges themselves generally don't have stellar reputations. Investors should be highly skeptical of all new projects.