Many youths enjoy playing mobile games but one teen's spending on such apps went out of control. A 13-year-old girl from Henan, China, was recently caught splurging 449,500 yuan (S$86,000) on mobile games, wiping out her family savings in just four months. The teen found her mum's debit card at home and used it to fund her gaming addiction, reported...
Many youths enjoy playing mobile games but one teen's spending on such apps went out of control.
A 13-year-old girl from Henan, China, was recently caught splurging 449,500 yuan on mobile games, wiping out her family savings in just four months., reported South China Morning Post. Noticing that the girl spent a lot of time on her phone in school, a teacher suspected she was hooked on pay-to-play games and alerted her mum, Wang.
But the warning came too late as Wang checked her bank account and found less than one yuan left, Elephant News reported.Her daughter admitted to splashing out 330,000 yuan on buying games as well as in-game purchases."When they asked me to pay for their games, I paid despite feeling reluctant," she said, explaining she didn't seek help from her teachers because "her parents would find out and get angry".This went unnoticed until the teacher called her.
Meanwhile, another netizen said it was the parents' own fault for letting their child's spending spree go unchecked.
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