Getting a job is not possible for everyone, not everyone has family or [friends] to help them and sometimes they will make the bad situations even worse them. If you've ever really needed money and were very desperate, than you probably know that people would let you starve to death rather than give you $5.
It's weird how people won't toss out just a few dollars to help someone in need, yet they'll spend $10000 or more on their pet that has an average life span of under 5 years.
But then again, if you give the person in need money, they'll keep coming back for it. It's a real crap shoot
Most scammers try to use excuses to justify their actions buy you will find that most people that scam are bad people, they do not really need the money because they are starving they want to obtain luxurious things and they know they cannot get them with their own effort and that is why they steal the money of others.