Aside from the fact that Poloniex and the other exchanges don't promise users any profit, you should know that the owners of these sites and their addresses are public information, if you do a "whois" search, while BitConnect's information is hidden. So the owner of Poloniex could not run away with the money without repercussions, while the owner of BitConnect could.
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Thanks this is a very strong point and I have removed all references to BitConnect. Please post more about the fact that BitConnect cannot be traced to a human owner. This would be fine if it were a decentralized exchange but it's not.
Well, there is no information on their website about the owner (or a company, for that matter). There is no information on google about the owner. Finally and most importantly, if you go to any "whois" site, like https://www.whois.com/whois/ , you will see that the owner chose to remain anonymous, which is a service that costs a small yearly fee, and a service that the vast majority of legitimate businesses do not use. Poloniex's owner information (name, address, phone number) is public, and they verify your information when you register the domain, so it's not like you can type in anything you want.
I have chosen to protect my identity on my registrar as well, but that was to protect myself from spam, and because the cryptocurrency I'm trying to create will be decentralized. With the minimum investigative work you can find out who the owner of vialcoin.com is, since I've linked my LinkedIn and several other social media accounts to it. Having identity hidden doesn't necessarily make something a scam, but Bitconnect has all the warning signs flashing bright, for those who have seen ponzi schemes before.
The owners of Poloniex are fake names, they got 1 legit guy taking the fall for the rest.