I have not been really into investing though I have some stocks with a premiere banking firm here in my country, which i just left in my broker's site idle for some years now. What made me excited into investing is cryptocurrency but unfortunately it was not bitcoin but a scamming project called TheBillionCoin which by name itself really sounded so dubious. Okay, I was still innocent and naive at the time. Soon, I meet bitcoin and it was not yet that pricey at the time but because I was not convinced that it can go sky-high I just bought some.
The main source of the money I invested with bitcoin comes from doing online job with a platform where we are allowed to post in many forums in exchange for some points and the those points can be converted to real money anytime.
We all really need to take all the cautions and red flags seriously because losing money that we've worked hard for is a big deal. I'm so sorry for your lost, mate. My source of income was bounty campaigns then use it for investing. For me to avoid being scammed and losing all of my earnings from bounty campaigns that I used in investing, I am making sure that the I am not being involved with fake transactions and looking for legitimate things here. Also, please stop trusting links and dubious offers. Don't compromise your assets especially if you don't want to lose more than you can afford.