Mentioned several times on these pages, Kickstarter has achieved some remarkable things.
Kickstarter is only the best-known example of a relatively new phenomenon: crowd funding. Although, it bears great promise, there is a darker side:
Kickstarter Areal scam is back with STALKER Apocalypse on shady new crowd funding site
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/12/12/kickstarter-areal-scam-is-back-with-stalker-apocalypse-on-shady-new-crowdfunding-site/
Mashable
http://mashable.com/2013/06/21/kickstarter-scam/
Epiphany onE Puck
http://kickscammed.com/project/epiphany-one-puck-by-epiphany-labs2/
Check out the comments on the Epiphany onE Puck Kickstarter project
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epiphanylabs/epiphany-one-puck/comments
How the “Biggest Scam in Kickstarter History” almost worked
http://mashable.com/2013/06/21/kickstarter-scam/
Indiegogo is not immune — After Pando shows clear evidence of fraud, Indiegogo responds by … deleting anti-fraud guarantee
http://pando.com/2014/04/03/after-pando-shows-clear-evidence-of-fraud-on-indiegogo-company-responds-by-deleting-anti-fraud-guarantee/
Crowd funding fraud: how big is the threat?
http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/03/34255-crowdfunding-fraud-big-threat/
A couple of sites dedicated to the problems of crowd funding
KickScammed
http://kickscammed.com/
DropKicker
http://drop-kicker.com/
List of crowd funding websites
http://crowdfundingwebsites.net/
And a place for your review
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