Thank you for clarifying, that's a really hideous scam if you think about it, it's making you waste your time and you also don't get anything. Not to mention that these scammers have stooped so low that they're happy stealing measly amount of crypto.
Like most other scams, it relies on greed. If one would not try to
steal from others, he will not send that gas fee to that address in the first place.
Imho the scammed one is most guilty for the loss - in both time and money. (Of course, this doesn't make the scammer any better)