Damn, it's a shame there are unscrupulous people like that are around and in the world just waiting and ready to take what's not theirs. I wish they had a way to really protect us from them, but I guess once we sign up to these sites it's at our own risk. I too have been taken for a ride by plenty of scammers like that, just last week I was robbed of STEEM that I was collecting on a website so I really do know how you feel, but dont let that stop you from reaching your goals, after all these are just life lessons to us all.