Star Citizen

At this point, I've seen huge progress in SC but little of Sq42 as the details were only visible to backers who were there in 2012. That being said, you don't transfer most of your staff to Squadron 42 for the whole pandemic and send actual progress updates via newsletter with enough information to be convincing, while operating a buggy but bootable open alpha built on what is claimed to be the same game engine that could be used against you IF you tried to deceive people... unless you really do intend to get a minimum viable product out the door. If you want to see a real scam? Look up everything you can about ships in Star Citizen, their shape and their function. Then look up "Star Atlas". Star Atlas is every bit the scam people think Star Citizen is, but with NFTs instead of Lifetime "Warbond" Insurance. They are clearly just the realistic version of if Victor Chaos wearing a costume of Chris Roberts tried to give people official-looking business cards that led them to his personal website where he sells the receipts for digital funko pops.