I'm glad you gone passed it and learnt your lesson.
From your story, it seems you were introduced to cloud mining which is actually a scam and Dem my research, there were actual cloud miners that paid real money but not certain if any works currently and if they do, then it wouldn't have to pay anything reasonable.
Bitcoin mining is real and one can mine Bitcoin but I really don't see it work it since it is very expensive unless you're willing to pay for the electric bills and also the mining rigs which are mostly expensive.
There is no free Bitcoin anymore and for every Bitcoin you earn now,there must be a price to pay for it.