Remember when we jokingly used to talk about selling kidneys to buy an iPhone and maintain its orders. The day has come but instead of kidneys, a man has to sell his car to clear the I phone game purchase dues made by his seven-year-old son. We are talking United Kingdom’s Dr Muhammad Mutaza whose son generated a whopping Rs 1.33 lakhs bill while playing a game.  Yes, you read it right, in a game.

Ashaz, 7, loves to play mobile games. At the time of purchase, he played Dragons: Rise of Berk, an iPhone game, for an hour. The game needed a subscription to maintain his progress and for this purpose, Ashaz made several purchases worth ranging from £1.99 to £99.99. The bill ultimately amounted to a total of £1,289.70 (approximately Rs 1.33 lakh).

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It wasn’t until later that Dr Mutaza found out that his son made these expensive purchases. He said that it came as an utter shock that a free version of the game, meant for kids, allowed such heavy purchases to take place.

The 41-year-old endocrinologist told Daily Mail that his credit card got maxed out in the payments. He also called the transactions a trick by the company.

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While talking to Daily Mail, Mutaza said that he first thought he was scammed but later read his emails that mentioned the purchases made by his son. He took his complaint to Apple, post which the company refunded him £207 (approximately Rs 21,000).

Mutaza, however, argues that a free game especially meant for children, should never allow unlimited transactions of such a high amount. The free-to-play nature of the game led him to believe that this was not possible at all.

On being asked about his kid managed to make payments that otherwise take the password to carry out, Mutaza said his kid might have been seen his password once and memorised it.