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Boy, 7, Spends PS1,200 on Online Games through Apple

A mother of two has accused Apple of allowing children to spend money online after her son, who is seven, has racked up a huge bill for games.



Abi Smith received a series of emails confirming her son Harry had made more than 60 in-app purchases totalling PS1,218 without her consent.



She had set up a password on Harry's iPad however, the schoolboy managed to replace it with his thumbprint. Then, he spent some PS792 on virtual cat food among other purchases.



The woman, 40 years old, who hails from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, had to borrow money to pay for her bills. She is now taking to the streets of Apple for refusing to give her a refund.



Abi Smith received a number of emails confirming that her son Harry had made more than 60 in-app purchases totaling PS1,218 without her consent



The 40-year old woman who hails from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was forced to take out a loan to pay her bills. She has now taken on Apple for initially refusing her a refund



Abi Smith had put in a password on her seven-year-old son Harry's tablet, but the 'clever' little boy swapped it with his thumbprint in an attempt to keep his younger brother Reggie four, (pictured together) off his games



Harry bought eight lots of virtual cat food costing PS99 each on The Battle Cats game, and also made a number of purchases on Minecraft for PS48.99 each and six on the cult game Among Us and smaller purchases of PS1.99.



Apple has since confirmed that it will reimburse Ms. Smith the money.



But furloughed PA Ms. Smith is now urging Apple to add an additional layer of security.



She added that the games are addictive and keep encouraging children to spend more money. Apple is allowing children to play with this platform.



'Harry did something really innocent for a child to do. Ayaka nihei He didn't want his younger brother to access his iPad, so he put his thumbprint onto it so that he wouldn't be able to get into.



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"Normally he'd call me and ask me if I could download this. I'd choose to say yes or no.



'I'm not the first person that this has happened to, and I'm sure I won't be the last. While security features are readily available, they're not sufficient for me. CVC is a CVC is a very simple addition to security.



'I'm furloughed. I've already seen reduced my monthly payment, to then have it completely erased. To pay my bills, I had to borrow money.



'My son's got additional needs and I'm having trouble. This is unfair.



She branded the games "dangerous" for encouraging constant in-app purchases. This was after Harry went from spending 99p to rack up a four-figure sum.



Harry offered to pay his mother back by using money from his pocket.



She added: 'The only purchase I'd made on the account was for 99p and I was absolutely unaware until they informed me that your card's details automatically save.



'There should be a choice and If there was, I'd say no. This is a complete stoppage to this from happening to children. This is the goal I'm trying to accomplish with Apple.



"I had security settings in place, but unfortunately I've got a smart boy who managed to place his thumbprint in the right place.



Ms. Smith claims her bank was unable to stop the payments because they were deemed as authorised. Ms Smith then asked for each purchase to be refunded online, but Apple repeatedly refused to refund her.



When she confronted Harry the boy was 'in tears' and offered to pay her back by putting his money in his pocket.



Apple declined to comment but highlighted its 'Ask To Buy' feature, which sends an email to a family member whenever the child is trying to purchase something.



The parent, or the account holder, can then decide whether or not to approve the request in order to avoid problems such as Ms Smith's occurring.



PONOS, the developer of The Battle Cats, Microsoft, which owns Minecraft, and Inner Sloth, who developed Among Us, were all reached for comments.


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