That's like saying the root of malnutrition is humans needing to eat. Perhaps technically true, but what's the point of pointing out that technicality? It does nothing to help address the problem.

we live in a globalized world of people competing to get money. hoping everyone begins singing kumbaya is nice but far from a practical solution or diagnosis of the problem.

I‘m not against coping strategies, they are useful. I‘m against scamming and dishonesty. I also don’t think ignoring the actual problems is the way to go, on the contrary.

When a problem has no solution then it's not actually a "problem" but rather a fact to be accepted, like gravity. Regardless of new AI tools, there is no conceivable solution to the problem of having millions of scammers operating from jurisdictions without effective law enforcement. Time to start coping.