Here i am going to discussed worst cases. Because lot of people adopting to Crypto space and some getting more and some ended up with nothing.
back 2017 i have no experience and new so some execution not got timely.
My worst experience was Not exit at the correct time. there was a ICO it gave me 10X. (6500USD) but i did not exit at the correct time so it went for 400usd.
I sent ETH to unknown escrow. 200$ lost. scammers
Not aware of USDT. Its a very bad experience.
Not concern about Technical analysis.
so today i have massive experience so i know how to play the game. Lets share experiences so enrich newbies knowledge.
Cheers
I Have the same experience like yours but, the amount of loss that i experience was higher than you (about 1k$ lost, scammers)
Because i got scammed and lost so many (i got scammed
TWICE, shame on me

), my motivation to do cryptocurrency was down to the bottom. Luckily after that, i got some good bounty and airdrops that covers almost the total loss of my money.