A mother, resident of the United States, was shocked when she saw that her 5-year-old daughter had spent almost 20,000 reais on Amazon. The case happened in March after the little girl Lila asked to borrow her mother's cell phone.
The mother, Jessica Nunes, thought the child was just playing and being distracted by videos and online games. But then she started receiving notifications confirming the delivery date of the products. At first, Jessica thought the messages were some kind of virus or scam and didn't care too much.
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But then she was surprised at 2 am with notifications confirming that the products would be delivered the next day. She thought her account had been hacked and decided to check her bank and bank accounts. credit card.
At that moment, she realized that the shopping was at the same time that she was traveling with Lila in the car. “It was about 9:30 am, just as we were in the car. So [the purchase] was not fraudulent”, said Jessica, in an interview with the news portal
Desperate, the mother tried to cancel all orders, but a part was already on the delivery route. So the next day, some merchandise started to arrive, and then she realized that Lila had actually made a big purchase with toys and cowboy boots.
The purchase came to almost US$ 4,000, approximately R$ 20 thousand, in expenses on the Amazon Shopping.
To the news portal WTHR, the mother commented that her daughter “ordered five pink motorcycles, five blue ones, 10 pairs of cowgirl boots and a jeep”.
Despite the fact that she canceled part of the purchase, the little girl still managed to receive 5 motorcycles. The mother contacted the customer service amazon and luckily managed to return the goods received.
Little Lila also gave her interview and commented on how simple it is to shop online: “Just press the yellow button and then press the brown button”.
The case is an important warning about how it is necessary to be attentive to the sites that children access on smartphones, to prevent similar situations from happening.
So see how you can protect children and control the use of credit cards on the internet:
