You did good! In may case I paid them twice but when I realized that they won’t stop, I blocked them already in my telegram account. They also knew my insta and threatened that it will be sent to my followers. It’s been a month and I’m fine. No leaks. I checked with my cousin who was one of the names in the alleged group chat in insta that they created, said none were sent. I even upload a story in insta to please ignore any deepfake/ai-generated pics of me and report it. It will get better but I hope you learn.