"I have a friend who was tricked into going there three years ago. For the first few months, he still contacted me and tried to fool me into going too. Later, when he saw I wasn't falling for it, he stopped reaching out. I haven't heard from him since. Who knows if he's dead or alive!"
"We shouldn't just focus on the people who get tricked into going there. Think about the telecommunications and internet scams those Northern Myanmar syndicates run domestically—how many victims have had their families destroyed because of that? Is the state really powerless to punish those demons?"
"My hometown is right on the border. The night before last, we watched fireworks across the border for over an hour. They say that whenever a scam hits a certain target amount, the other side sets off fireworks to celebrate. So who knows how many shattered families were behind last night's fireworks display. Sigh..."
Chapter 675