I think you made a series of small decisions that turned out put you in an unsafe situation. Please stop beating yourself up over it.

You stated you're autistic and have ADHD. Neurodivergence issues like Autism, make you an easier a target for people with ill intent. I am not sure if you have an occupational therapist you work with, but possibly asking them about developing a toolset for avoiding exploitation like this might be a good idea, if such training is available.

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If there is any way to learn from the mistake(s), try to take what you can learn. Most people rely on "gut instinct" to avoid situations like this, and autism means you might not have a very developed sense of "gut instinct". Learning the red flags to look for, and having actual "if you see this, get out" type of information would probably be more helpful to you, than expecting you to take a full read on the situation, and trying to figure out if something doesn't seem right.

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I think you have an amazing attitude about the whole thing, writing it off as a story to tell your friends.

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In doing a little bit of quick googling, I found a book called "No More Victims: Protecting Those with Autism from Cyber Bullying, Internet Predators, and Scams" Which looks like it may be appropriate for its content, but you also mentioned having ADHD, which could make a book a bit of a challenge.

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I found this youtube video, which isn't exactly the right topic, but is "adjacent" to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCJ9pvQJhA&ab_channel=AutismFromTheInside