A teenage girl tipped live streaming hosts US$73,000
What’s the worst way you can imagine your child squandering money?
You may have seen stories like it before: A mother in the US found that her young son spent US$1,100 on Fortnite. Or the Canadian dad whose son spent US$4,500 on FIFA Ultimate Team.
But the scale of this one might make your eyes pop: One mother discovered that her young daughter spent US$73,000 on gifts for live streaming hosts. And incredibly, she’s going to get some of the money back.
This all happened back in 2016. The mother sent her 15 year old daughter to study in Canada. To make sure she had enough money, she granted her daughter access to her Alipay account -- plus a hefty sum in her Canadian bank account for daily expenses.
But a couple of months later, there was an unpleasant surprise: Her daughter spent 524,509 yuan (US$73,000) on virtual coins for the live streaming platform Yinke.