Crypto is still the wild west, and honestly everyone needs to just to their best to stay safe and always be skeptic.
Don't put yourself down either, at least you recognize there was something fishy about it.
And, you are now here, you are learning and moving forward... so all in all, you are winning.
Yip, it does seem a little like the wild west and mostly unfathomable. I do have to listen to my little voice more - in the virtual world. I listen to it in real life, so why not, here?
Anyhow, I am learning all the time and wrote about my experience having been phished, hacked and recovering my rep and hope that others will have learned from that.
Thanks for the encouragement and yes, I do get the sense that I am winning - one little step at a time!