Thanks for sharing your story..... fake gurus and deceptive brainwashing marketing sessions under the pretext 'free course / masterclass' is now a worldwide phenomenon.

You can check on youtube or other sources how they orchestrate every fine piece of details, playing your emotions and psychology into their hands. They're so good that they should actually be organizing a masterclass on 'the art of conning'. alaric ong is considered example of a noob already, trust me.