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What a sad fate to you OP. But then, it might be a lesson not for you but for everyone to avoid supporting/buying coin because you like or it sounds good. We should ve careful in selecting coins that we will invest.
You should not invest just because of:
1. The telegram of coin is active and have a lot of members - We all know that it can be a bot or paid shillers.
2. Whitepaper - it is only written, if there is no MVP it won't give you an assurance that it will be developed.
3. ico rating sites - there are many fake ICO rating sites and some of them rates the coin that pays them. Therefore, there is no genuine about their ratings because it is paid of fake.
4. Your friend told you that it is a good coin - don't trust anyone with your investment. Hear and accept their suggestion if it is good but if you think that it might ruin your capital, avoid investing because of their words.
All of us should not invest only because we see that others are taking profit. We don't know if it real or not. We have to conduct research, study the coin and it's potential to boom. We are given a knowledge, we must use it always.