I've used Hashflare since several months ago, they're not scam at all. You can customize the pools and their ratio too as you wish, once a day. I have 1.7 MH on Ethereum, and it's profitable. I suggest you to invest in Ethereum as it's more faster than Bitcoin, cheap for miner's fee, and faster to mine than Bitcoin. Faster to mine means you need less money to mine.
RE: First time trying HashFlare