Yup. I wish I didn't have to say this, but I got scammed thinking I could mine through on online mining service. But I paid the price. Fortunately, I didn't pay a heavy price. But even so, losing out is still losing out.
I'll know better next time, and work only on legitimate and viable sites like Steemit. Thanks to the person that referred me to here, and got me into Bitcoin in the first place.