How much would you spend per month on mobile games? With apps, microtransactions, skins… Everything. Could you spend $64,000 on mobile apps? It's quite a budget, isn't it? That's what a 13-year-old Chinese teenager spent without her parents knowing.
According to Elephant News, the young woman used her mother's debit card, hidden, and spent the above amount between January and May of this year. That was the money from all the family savings.
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The young woman's mother only discovered the hole after a teacher at her daughter's school called her, worried, because the young woman was addicted to electronic games. It was then that she realized that in savings she only had 7 cents.
How did the young woman manage to spend $64,000 on games?
As reported by Insider.com, the teen spent approximately $16,800 buying game accounts. The rest she spent on microtransactions – that is, in-app purchases.
It is common for games to charge for extra lives, equipment that increases the player's skills and, mainly, skins - "clothes" for players. avatars. Also, some apps charge for exclusive missions.
In addition, according to Elephant News, the girl transferred money to 10 classmates so that they would also buy in-game items for themselves.
Girl said she didn't know what she was doing
The 13-year-old also gave an interview. According to her account, she just linked her mother's card to her device and started spending - without knowing exactly how much or where the money came from.
So that the mother would not know, the girl erased the history of the cell phone her.
The girl's mother even contacted online gaming platforms to try to get the money back, telling the whole story. However, she still hasn't recouped all the money she spent.
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