It's wrong to scam people with junk mail.
Rob has been fired from his job and is facing eviction if he doesn't pay his back rent soon.
Rob needs to scrape together some money fast.
Rob sells as many of his possessions as he can and starts working gig jobs.
Rob decides to try running a phishing scheme he learned about from an old friend to get people to wire money to him.
Rob is able to keep himself afloat long enough to find another stable job.
Rob rips off several people and pays his rent but is eventually caught and arrested.