Fake Giveaways Question

Well, originally I just entered any game being offered that was available for what I wanted. Now I feel I have to actually research each gifter to judge if they're legit or not. And half the time it seems like they're NOT legit, and they're typically from Russia. (I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon and say all Russians, but just what I've observed)

I just want to know. If I enter a fake giveaway, do I get any compensation for it, or is it entirely on the shoulders of members to judge if a gifter is legit or not, and "Do it at your own risk"?

Only if he removes it before completion. He is more concerned about banning the fakers than cancelling their giveaways before they end, so you need to be careful about what you enter.

That's not true. That's like saying you enter into the lottery and only the winner of the lottery suffers a loss. You still paid the entrance fee for a bogus lottery, so you still incur a loss regardless.

I would tend to disagree. In a legitimate giveaway you pay your points for a chance to win a game.
In a fake giveaway, you pay points for... nothing.

The result is irrelevant as you're not paying points for the game directly, only for the chance at it. In the fake scenario, you're getting nothing.
It would be little different from me up and taking 50pts from you because I feel like it. You lose points, and get nothing. No chance for any giveaway.