That's fair, but at the very least you have to recognise that's it's fair to call Star Citizen a scam.

I mean they've literally lied about planning to have exploration gameplay and continue to sell JPEGs/cash shop items worth hundreds of dollars when they have no plans to include exploration gameplay.

Thats just one notable example. There are many others (hundreds of major cases of lying and premeditated falsehoods in search of financial gain).