12-Year-Old Rings Up $1400 Farmville Bill
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Took it out of her wallet maybe?Delusibeta said:
Not hard to put credit card into in. You need the card name, number, security code on the back and a home address. So easy.
This only serves to support my theory that overuse of Facebook and things like it is poisonous; some of my friends can't go without it for a a few hours, going on it at school to see people post 'I just tripped over my own tongue' or 'I just did a wee wee'.
Same could be said of all the friggin' screamin pre-teens on XBox 360 and LIVE. God they are SOOOOO friggin annoying. At least on the PC side,there isn't people talking all the damn time.Jamash said:
It's the parent's fault in this case.Was she checking her FB and her kid's FB account? Or does she just drop the kid off at home and run off to do something else?
It's a great scam, though. Sell something, and if it turns out something's dodgy with the sale, close the suspect account and block off the access to whatever it was that was bought. It's like you never sold it in the first place, except you still have the money!Cracker3011 said:
I think I'm gonna open a store and attach bungee cords to all my merchandise.
This is just another reason for me to never get a Facebook account. That said, the guilt does solely lie with the kid and I hope he gets punished for it. Even I, when I was 12 years old, would never be dumb enough to do something like this.
I never got involved with that, but I got involved with Mafia Wars for a while, last Summer. I don't know what Zynga's deal is, but they're way too good at what they do.El gazibo said:
Worse than crack.
This, right here, seems to be main difference between the mentality of the average Brit compared to your average (stereotypical) American. It really does appear to be a world of dog-sue-dog; if anyone tried to blame the game then they'd have to realise that the game offers the services blind and they can't really prevent this without overprotective and stringent security.Andy Chalk said:
This news story made me smile. Poor mother, I really feel sorry for her, but it happens to the best of us.
Amazingly? The fault is entirely on the hands of that family. How is it amazing that while somewhat irresponsible, the mother shows rationality?
It was lit on fire and all the cute little animals burned.Delusibeta said:
*empty stare at the burnt homestead*
http://themomblog.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/06/my-bad-video-games-are-not-from-satan/42829/Anarchemitis said:
Because this is the 1% of the time moms like this react rationally?
Where WAS she keeping her credit card?! and really, if Facebook and Zynga's security is that easy to bypass, how can it even be called security. Ultimately, even though Facebook and Zynga are at fault, the mother is to blame. What kid at the age of 12 hasn't been taught the value of money?!
completely off topic but its gotta be said. Please, please, PLEASE don't generalise! it just makes you seem like an idiot for perpetuating and believing in stereotypes. SOME girls don't know the value of money, but i have a male friend who's more of a spoilt princess brat than all of those girls combined.Onyx Oblivion said:
Man, I knew Zynga was creeps enough with all their underhanded marketing, but to shaft a mom with a $1400 bill because her 12 year old couldn't be expected to demonstrate a little restraint, then shut down his account thereby rendering that $1400 null and void, all over a bunch of bytes on their server that cost them nothing to reset, is setting a new low.
Why would she let her child have her credit card to begin with? I also don't see what the point in banning his account was. If the money isn't going to come back why won't they just let him keep it? I mean the money is gone already may as well get use of it. Along with this when I grew up I remember that my parents kept all of their valuable items including credit cards in a safe. Far out of both me and my sisters reach.