You cannot tell if a new project is fake or real. The problem is not that it is a prototype/beta project and therefore it may fail... it could happen, but according to kickstarter rules, they should give your money back in this case.The problem is that there are fraudsters who take advantage of the "naive" backers... and the saddest, most outrageous thing is that Kickstarter do absolutely NOTHING to prevent it. Kickstarter does NOT help any backers in case of a fraud. Kickstarter keep saying that they do not take money from you, the creator did and you should ask for your money from the creator(scammer). Of course the creator (scammer) won't answer to anybody at that point so that's it... your money is gone. I am not sure what you can do if you live in the USA, but in the EU, you cannot go to your bank to ask the money back that you spent more than a year ago (in most cases, they can convince you for so long that they are still developing it), claiming that you have been deceived.So if you like gambling... go ahead... take your bet. But I'd say you'd be better off gambling your money in the casino... at least you'll get some pleasure out of it.I know what I am talking about because I have been backing projects for at least 8 years now... but the last 3 projects I backed was a fraud (1 out of 3 was shipped at least, but the quality was so bad I'd say it is a fraud. It broke in 1 day for every backer). And I learned my lesson, I won't back any other project on that scammer friendly page. At least not until they take steps in order to stop them and get our money back somehow.
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