Thank you very much for all your replies.
I understand that I got scammed. I invested money I needed so it puts me in a difficult position.
However, I will not continue on this scam so I will not pay them more.
The scam exchange adress is http://www.hitcoin.cc/
Sorry about your loss. I hope you've learnt a lesson or two from that experience. As a base rule of thumb, always remember that anything that sounds too good to be true (offers, deals, interests, etc) then it's probably NOT TRUE. It's fascinating how far scammers are willing to go these days that they create a full fledged site and parade it as a "broker" or investment platform.
Ensure you vet every single information you receive from anyone on the internet especially if they are strangers.
Try to still report them to your local cyber crimes dept. - police
Great idea. Might not help much with OP's case but having a record of it might come in handy one day.
I'm not sure why it's still too easy to scam even more people in present day crypto space.