Was he trying to scam people?

I would definitely report it sounds like a phishing scam to me trying to take over your account information.

especially if they have your email for some reason and you have your phone number set for security proof sounds like they may have been trying to maybe go in and change information on your account which would request a code be sent to your phone number to
verify ownership of the account to make the changes like email, phone number and stuff like that on the account.

thats what it sounds like to me.

Is he scamming people or just taking advantage of other peoples stupidity?

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The reality is,you tried to "scam the system" and got caught in a scam yourself,i call that justice.

Yesterday I just recently got scammed out of my Xbox live account but luckily I reactEd fast and I changed the email password and reset the microscoft password and got my account back the gamer tag who scammed me is yo girl know me, he asked my friends and
tried to scam them he is trying to scam other people please stop him.

You gave the account away the second you gave out your details.

In what way is he trying to scam people?

Actually, you can tell the OP has already signed up for this and is trying to scam other people. He has a user number at the end of the address.