how do you identify a transparent project team?

[Polar91]

There is no way if they aren't popular and they are just new people on that kind of business. There is nothing impossible on the internet and that includes neglecting transparency for the sake of their respected interest. On the other hand, you still can ascertain that but in a different way. One way is when they tend to interact with conference and they speak very well. The other way is via checking their promises wherein it should match to what they've made so far.

[aioc]

 Some scammers are, however, way more intricate. They know it’s quite easy to reveal a fake pic so they just hire people to pose as their CEOs, CFOs, and so forth. Rumor has it that certain scammers even pay homeless people to pretend they’re leading a disruptive startup to a bright and radiant future. This fraud is much harder to call out, but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.

They are changing their methods because using ran down picture has been exposed but this people who agreed to be part of the team and paid to use their picture and talent, are guilty of connivance so they will also be persecuted for their action, even if they say that they are just hired by unknown developers.

[rincoeng1986]

It is very difficult to identify projects that are really real nowadays, many projects use other people's photos as their team and of course this is very detrimental to investors and people who used photos for use in fraudulent projects, now if we follow the ICO project / IEO, it's better that the first time we do is research the project team. Because even if the team is fake, of course the project will be fake too.

[Ucy]

The one about hiring homeless people sounds more possible because they probably wouldn't want those with much pictures on social media or on the internet for easy facial recognition.

Having real team photo doesn't matter much though. If developers with real photos do not have good and viable projects, they will eventually fail.
What matters most to me is original and viable  with good whitepapers and Roadmaps

[Cryptocnnon485]

This statement is far different from an ICO or company you buy a portion of their share. For example, a company is regulated and ICO is not, so you lose your money, you can't find it anywhere.

If you buy into ICO, you don't know the mind of the project owners which majority are to scam you just as you have read the most thread, the lack of trust in icos anymore. If you are building your investment or company, you know you are genuine about it and you will make it grow but most icos intentionally are to scam, is another business for them.

The thing you can do is follow projects and test their execution, for example, I have been following a project called Lympo and not only they did everything they say they will, but there is something big coming up. There was a leak like here: http://boards.4channel.org/biz/thread/15515880
And there are some serious rumors that something big is coming

[drumamat]

If the project is a scam, it would be really silly of its team to show their true identities. In most cases, they just find some pics online and use them as the images of their “Chief Financial Officers” or “advisors,” as was seen  in Empire Card who used a picture of French actress Sabine de Poncins, little known outside of France, as the portrait of their proud imaginary CEO Patricia Harrison. There have even been reports of Ryan Gosling “working” for a project as a designer under a completely different name.   
Some scammers are, however, way more intricate. They know it’s quite easy to reveal a fake pic so they just hire people to pose as their CEOs, CFOs, and so forth. Rumor has it that certain scammers even pay homeless people to pretend they’re leading a disruptive startup to a bright and radiant future. This fraud is much harder to call out, but at least those guys help homeless people in some way, so here’s your silver lining.

I have never seen photos in profiles similar to the homeless).I think you're exaggerating too much.The main criterion is an account that was not created before the start of ICO.As a rule, people with experience come to the project, so this experience should be confirmed (I mean Linkedin).

[coaprotet]

You cannot predict peoples' actions, so you can take part in a good project with a legit team, but nobody guarantees that those guys will not disappear will all money within the next couple of months. It is a lottery

[poketis22]

I calculate fraudulent teams by searching for specific people through search engines, because fraudsters are often in a hurry and do not create a separate page for fake people on social networks, and even if they create it, you can always notice that it is new, which means there is a chance that it was created for cover.

[dcomomal]

Any team should be real and have social media account, where you can track their personalities. Secondly, I always need to see a good marketing plan for the next several years. The last but not least, just keeping the eye on the team members following their decisions to understand how do the act in difficult situations.

[spike420211]

In general, if scammers use other people's photos from the network, it is not so difficult to determine. It is much more difficult to determine the legitimacy of the project if all the team members are real, have their own profiles in social networks, and actively communicate with the community.
In this case, as a rule, the search for isitina ceases. But, you need to understand that any team can have behind its backs a not-so-clean story.
And often scam projects are identified by ascertaining what the team leaders did before.

[Ibizugbe1]

Even a good man can change and have evil intention. Many often times, I usually will look at the part of the world the team are from, there are some certain regions of the world that may have good team and good project but they will always personally destroy the project by their poor management decisions. I ran from team that promise too many things and high ROI.

[gundala]

In general, if scammers use other people's photos from the network, it is not so difficult to determine. It is much more difficult to determine the legitimacy of the project if all the team members are real, have their own profiles in social networks, and actively communicate with the community.
In this case, as a rule, the search for isitina ceases. But, you need to understand that any team can have behind its backs a not-so-clean story.
And often scam projects are identified by ascertaining what the team leaders did before.

This is actually quite easy. As you said, if fraudsters try to use the profile of famous people, then it will be easier to identify. We must observe social media activities from the development team if we want to make sure they are genuine or fake. New accounts, or those whose activities have nothing to do with the project they are building, are indicators that they are fake. Indeed there are projects that do not display the profile of their team, it does not mean that the project is 100% scam, because there are still many aspects that must be assessed besides the development team. Although the team's identity is hidden, projects that have good strategies and features will continue to provide high confidence for investors.

[lousie9]

So basically not all scammers are evil and there are some who are not for their own benefit as described, but there are still many parties who are disadvantaged, especially investors here. I personally admit that a scammer's intelligence in involving many people cannot be recognized and what is unfortunate is that his intelligence is not used in the right path like the example of making a good Altcoin or other Blockhain.

[PuertoLibre]

Any team should be real and have social media account, where you can track their personalities. Secondly, I always need to see a good marketing plan for the next several years. The last but not least, just keeping the eye on the team members following their decisions to understand how do the act in difficult situations.

Fake Linkedin accounts are sold in the marketplace board of the forum, unfortunately. The fake teams can be the first reason why I ignore such projects for investing purposes. The team members have to be the best in the profession in order to attract more attention to crypto investors. Finding the real people behind the project is not an easy process from my practice, the true detective work is required for the best results.

[eidoscore]

There is no proper way to identify a transparent project team. Because if a group of scammers use homeless people to disguise their own identity, there's no way we can identify their scam attempt. Using photos of models and actors may have a sideline chance that at least some people would identify them, but that's not the case for homeless people! So there's no correct process to identify such scammers!

You can't believe the advisors as well. Because in most cases, these advisors are paid hefty money by the project team just to feature their name in the team. In majority of the cases, the advisors themselves don't know much about the project! That's one of the many reasons why ICOs have lost their credibility very quickly and IEOs emerged! 

but any way for some project can proof their identity, they must create IEO for their crowdfund, and of course exchanger need their identity about the team of the project and make investor fund safer than investing money directly on the official website project

[Starfranko]

Waoh this thread is really an eye opener. The level folks go to disguise their evil deeds is mind blowing. Wish they could put such energy into good use but they will never. All they need is cheap money without being ready to put in the requisite energy.

[coinporch]

Simple, if a project team use a new social media profile,,
Thats really a big sign, if the project is not good buddy,,

[Bonwin]

It is necessary that you invest in a project whose team you have confirmed its identity and be sure they can be trusted.
Identifying them might be quite uneasy, but you can still make enquiries by searching through the details they provided.
A team without a comprehensive detail, should be regarded as shady.
They must have years of experience about what they claim they intend providing or doing, block chain technology inclusive.
You can also try to communicate with them.

[mahibul49]

in my eyes transparent team means an active team who will be friendly and always provide development progress report and also they have to show the product that releasing.

[retnocintaku]

It's not easy to detect fraudulent projects because they also know our weaknesses. But for me, if the team and the CEO do not provide any original identifying information, I will not join. Especially if we check the website View, ROADMAP projects and activities on Social Media. And if everything looks bad, I'm sure it's better to join another project.