I've been following numerous fraudulent projects on Indiegogo and Kickstarter and have come to the conclusion that both are merely carefully shielded fronts for grifters. Both outfits should be taken down by the U.S. Attorney General until they can be regulated in their project vetting so as to eliminate or at least minimize consumer fraud.

Currently the more attractive a fraud brought to them is the more they stand to make from it so there is a strong conflict of interest between them and their users.

Someone needs to create a site that is a crowd funding wall of shame listing and reviewing projects that show the extent and profitability of fraud. There is KickScammer but it isn't very visible or complete at this point.