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A seven-year-old in the UK is costing his father $4000 after playing a game of Jurassic World on his dads iPad
Mohamed Shugaa, 32, had no clue that his son, Faisall, downloaded the iTunes game or even knew the password to his tablet until his bank card was declined.
Apparently the child was paying in 'dino bucks' to upgrade the game. He didn't realise he was spending his dads money. 60 transactions were made in 5 days!!
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That's insane. Why didn't his bank flag the charges and notify him? 60 charges to the same account in five days should have raised an alarm. At least Apple have agreed to refund the charges, but the fraud department of his bank needs to take a serious look at its security.
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Absolutely crazy how a child can be allowed to rack up these sort of charges in-app. There has to be a certain parental responsibility however in letting a 7 year old know his password. Surely he should have noticed a game had been downloaded.
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Yes, I agree that the parent has to take some of the blame on himself, particularly as Apple say there are parental controls built in to their devices. I think the guy is lucky to get a full refund, but I think he also should be making a complaint to his bank.
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Actually the father must allow his son access to his iPad....first mistake in my opinion....To go on and then claim he wasn't aware what his son was playing online or that he knew the password.... shows a complete lack of parental responsibility in my opinion..
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My thoughts too though it has to be said I get quite alarmed when I see so many two and three year olds happily playing away on a very expensive tablet these days.....
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