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But the majority of the Numenoreans were up to no good in any case. They had become corrupt already, which is why they were ripe for Sauron's lies.
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But how could the Númenóreans have avoided being corrupted if they could see just miles away paradise and be forever banished to go there. The temptation will only increase in time.
Remember, there was one king who tried to move again in the right path, but was ignored by the Valar.
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But when Inziladûn acceded to the sceptre, he took again a title in the Elven-tongue as of old, calling himself Tar-Palantir, for he was far-sighted both in eye and in mind, and even those that hated him feared his words as those of a true-seer. He gave peace for a while to the Faithful; and he went once more at due seasons to the Hallow of Eru upon the Meneltarma, which Ar-Gimilzôr had forsaken. The White Tree he tended again with honour; and he prophesied, saying that when the Tree perished, then also would the line of the Kings come to its end. But his repentance was too late to appease the anger of the Valar with the insolence of his fathers, of which the greater part of his people did not repent.
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Yeez, what do the Valar wanted from men.