So, here is the big news. Cambodia is sending seventy-three people back to South Korea. These are not tourists. They are not heroes. They are online scam suspects. They were hiding out in Cambodia. They were sitting in dark rooms. They were probably wearing cheap shirts and sweating. They spent their days calling people. They spent their nights thinking of new ways to lie. Now, they have to go home. But they are going home in handcuffs. Isn't that just great? We move the trash from one pile to another and call it justice.

Let's talk about the scam. We all know how it works. Your phone rings. It is a number you do not know. You pick up anyway because you are bored. Or maybe you are lonely. The person on the other end sounds nice. They tell you that you won a prize. Or they tell you that your bank account is in trouble. They tell you that they can help. They are lying. They want your money. They want your grandma's pension. They want everything you have. And the sad part? People give it to them. People are desperate to believe that something good might happen. They want to believe that a stranger cares about their bank account. It is pathetic. The scammers are bad, but the people who fall for this are not exactly geniuses either. It is a match made in hell.

Cambodia has become a big spot for this kind of thing. Why? Because it is easy. It is easy to hide when the rules are just suggestions. You get a bunch of laptops. You get some phones. You hire some people who do not have a soul. Then you start dialing. It is a business. It is a job. These seventy-three people treated it like a career. They went to work every day to ruin lives. They did it from a country that is miles away. They thought they were safe. They thought they were smarter than the cops. They were wrong. But don't worry. For every one guy they catch, there are ten more waiting to take his seat. It is like trying to empty the ocean with a spoon.

Now, the Cambodian police are acting like they did something huge. They caught seventy-three of them. They are putting them on a plane. They are making sure the cameras see it. They want to look like they are cleaning up the streets. They are not. They are just tired of these guys. Or maybe they didn't pay the right people. Who knows? In this world, you only get caught if you stop being useful or you get too loud. These guys got too loud. So, Cambodia is packing them up. They are sending them back to Seoul. It is like a return policy for criminals. 'We found your junk, please take it back.'

South Korea has to take them. They have to spend money on a trial. They have to spend money on a jail. The taxpayer gets to pay for the food of the people who tried to steal their money. It is a perfect circle of stupidity. The government says they are 'fighting crime.' They use big words. They act like they are winning a war. But there is no war to win. As long as there is an internet, there will be a guy in a room trying to trick you. As long as there are people who think they can get rich quick, there will be scammers. It is the circle of life for the digital age.

Think about the technology. We were told the internet would bring us together. We were told it would make us all smarter. Instead, it gave us a way to get robbed by a guy in a different time zone. We used to have to worry about a guy with a knife in an alley. Now we have to worry about a guy with a keyboard in Cambodia. Progress is a funny thing. We just made it easier for the bottom-feeders to find their prey. We gave everyone a megaphone and a direct line to your pocket. And we wonder why the world is a mess.

These suspects will get to South Korea. They will go to court. Lawyers will talk. Judges will look serious. The news will show pictures of them with bags over their heads. It is all a show. It is a play meant to make you feel safe. You are not safe. The next scammer is already dialing your number. He is probably in a different country this time. Maybe he is in your own town. The location doesn't matter. The game is the same. People are greedy. People are gullible. And the guys in charge are just moving the pieces around to make it look like they are doing something.

I am tired of the 'victory' laps. Cambodia didn't save the world. South Korea isn't winning a battle. They are just processing paperwork. Seventy-three people are moving from one cell to another. The scams will keep happening. The phones will keep ringing. And you will probably keep picking up. We are all stuck in this loop. The scammers, the cops, the victims, and the politicians. Everyone has a role to play. None of the roles are good. So, cheers to the seventy-three. They are going home. I hope they enjoy the plane ride. It is the last nice thing they will see for a while. As for the rest of us? Keep your eyes on your wallet. Nobody else is looking out for you.