Bhruic wrote on Feb 14, 2012, 07:57:
Or, to put it more succinctly, once they have your money, to whom are they accountable?
You, but realistically if somebody cheats then the money is probably just plain gone.
Kickstarter doesn't monitor anything as far as I know. All they do is hook contributors up with people who need money. In return you get whatever the project promises after it has been completed. If you don't get your stuff you sue or you write off your loss and learn a lesson. If the project doesn't reach its funding goal then nothing happens.
I think Kickstarter has been around a while so if there were huge scams on it I think it would have gone around the internet by now.