And: do not invest in anything (except Bitcoin) for a while....do lots of research first.

Don't want to scare you off, but crypto is still the Wild West, and there are some bad guys around. You have to protect yourself. No-one else will.

So get researching:

http://bitcoinist.net/another-scamcoin-detected-how-to-identify-signs-of-fraud/

https://bitcoinnewsmagazine.com/top-5-cryptocurrency-scams-of-2014/

http://www.badbitcoin.org/thebadlist/