if you take a closer look at this issue of sca, apart from the fact that the scammer presents his or her case so coordinated and in a way that is confident enough to have convinced his/her victim, the victims most times have some element of greed in them too. remember that it was not hacking but scamming. so, a little of greed in the victim has made the victim to get scammed
Indeed, greed is driving people to look for more and more opportunities to get easy money and profit, same time not doing any research. That's why scammers scam, they know someone will take the bait.