So I was scammed, yes, largely thanks to CoinTelegraph writing such gushing reviews about DeOS, and me not having any real experience in this wild west of crypto scams.
I have many DeOS tokens yet no means to use them, and I see no evidence of the platform I funded actually existing. At best, these guys are utterly incompetent. Given what I've discovered here, I'm more inclined to believe they're seasoned scammers.
I've filed a report with actionfraud. The wording of the DeOS terms were such that they have tried to protect themselves. But this is clearly a scam in my eyes and I hope action is taken against the people who have defrauded a lot of us of a LOT of money.