Waiters at resorts scam?

To the person who defended me - you are so sweet. Thank you. It was a situation in which two males pretended to be enamored with us and eventually asked for sex and then money after a total sob story (over a few weeks). We gave neither, but just curios if this is a regular "system" there in Zihua. Their steps were textbook. I think it is a little different when a man asks a woman for money. If those men are hitting up 10 women a month, they would be doing well financially. It just all seems like a manipulative way to live. Better to make a lifelong friend first and then maybe get regular honest support. I don't know. I am learning.