Your story was very nice,its a learning story. Its perfect for newbie. But bitcoin is not scam. Bitcoin is the world best crypto currency. Its a more profitable coin in the world. But many scammer are running around us. We must stay away from them. Always be careful about buy or sell bitcoin.
Every one of us studies only if it's own mistakes. So I agree with you that it is nice learning story for everyone who is using bitcoin right now.