Boy, 6, spends over $16,000 on video game using mom’s credit card

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One mom in the U.S. thought she was a victim of credit card fraud when she saw charges on her card that reached over $16,000 (about P770,000). However, it turned out that the culprit was her 6-year-old son, who had been making in-app purchases for a game.

She was only informed in October that the charges were all hers and that she had to call Apple. When she did get in touch with Apple, they gave her the list of charges, and it was only when she saw the Sonic icon that she knew it was George.She received no help from Apple: “[Apple] said, ‘Tough.’ They told me that because I didn’t call within 60 days of the charges, that they can’t do anything.”

Even when she said she would be unable to pay her family’s mortgage, the customer service could offer no solution: “They’re like, ‘There’s a setting, you should have known.’” Johnson, a real estate broker, has not gotten paid from March to September as she works on commission. She added that her ­income has decreased by 80% this year.“I may have to force this kid to pay me back in 15 years when he gets his first job,” she quipped in the report.

Source: Gaming Daily Report (gamingdailyreport.net)

 

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