There are many crypto scams. You were scamed. Bitcoin is not a scam. You”re conflating two very different things. You don’t put your trust in people who want to sell you things. You pay a small fee to buy bitcoin. You secure it and hold it. Don’t be our own worst enemy by thinking you can game the system and that people out there have crypto that will make you rich. And never invest in anything you don’t understand. Step one is educate and think for yourself.