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

After her seven-year old son spent more than four figures playing games, a mother-of-two accused Apple of allowing her children to spend money online.



Abi Smith received a string of emails from Harry who confirmed that Harry had made more 60 in-app purchases and totalled PS1,218 without her consent.



She had put an iPad password on Harry's but Harry managed to swap her thumbprint. After that she spent PS792 on virtual cat food and other purchases.



The woman of 40, who hails from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was forced to borrow money to pay her bills. She is now taking aim at Apple for initially refusing her the refund.



Abi Smith received a series of emails from Harry who confirmed that her son had made more than 60 purchases through the app totaling PS1,218 without her permission.



The woman, 40 years old, who hails from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was forced to take out a loan to pay her bills. She has since taken aim at Apple for refusing to grant her the refund.



Abi Smith had put in a password on her son, seven, Harry's tablet, but the 'clever little boy swapped it using his thumbprint in a cheeky attempt to keep his younger brother, Reggie four, (pictured together) off playing 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 as well as six of the popular game Among Us and smaller purchases of PS1.99.



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



Ms Smith, a furloughed Pennsylvanian she is now insisting on Apple to provide an additional layer of security.



She said that the games are addictive and encourage children to spend more money. Apple are enabling that platform for children to spend money.
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"Harry did something that was as innocent as a child would do. He didn't want his little brother to access his iPad so he put his thumbprint on to prevent him from getting in.



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"Normally, he'd come and ask me if I wanted to download this. I would either answer yes or no.



"It has never been my experience before and it will not occur again." Security features are in place but for me, they're not enough. To add something simple like CVC CVC is an extra measure.



'I'm furloughed. I've already seen an increase in my monthly payment, to then have it completely erased. To pay my bills, I needed to take out a loan.



"My son has additional requirements and I'm struggling," she stated. This is unfair.



She called the games dangerous for encouraging continual purchase of in-app items, after Harry went from spending 99p, to rack up a four-figure bill.



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



She explained, "The only purchase I made with the account was 99p. I was unaware of it until they told me that your card details automatically save."



"There should be a choice available, and should there be, I'd say no. This will prevent this from happening with children. This is what I would like to do with Apple.



"I had security settings set however I have a smart boy who managed to leave his thumbprint there.



Ms Smith claims her bank was unable to stop the payments because they were classed as authorized. She then asked to refund each purchase online but claims Apple twice refused to reimburse her money.



When she confronted Harry, the youngster was crying and offered to repay her by putting his money in his pocket.



Apple declined to make a statement, but it did mention its "Ask to Buy" feature, which sends a request to family members every time an individual child attempts to make a purchase.



The parent, or account holder, can then approve or decline the request to prevent problems like the one that Ms Smith had.



PONOS, the developers of The Battle Cats, Microsoft, which owns Minecraft, and Inner Sloth, who developed Among Us, were all contacted for comment.


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