Are scammers really that bad?

So you know how the Majority of scammers are Indian right? They’re poor. Jobs are extremely hard to get so sometimes they have to do bad things to get money to provide for themselves and family. whether its right or not. its not always just some selfish guy taking from others. Like 70% of them live in poverty. Even if they were to somehow find a job especially in poor areas it’s still not enough to take care of a family which is usually the situation due to how overpopulated it is. My friend was telling me this because last time he got into a call with a scammer, they said this stuff to him and now he’s telling me about it. Are scammers really that bad?