A mother has reported that her 7-year-old son has spent all the money in his bank account on Roblox.
Videogames do not stop leaving us the most curious cases on a day-to-day basis, such as the bizarre situation that has recently occurred in relation to a Goat Simulator 3 announcement that has been withdrawn by Rockstar Games, since it contained images of the GTA VI leak that occurred a couple of months ago. However, the users themselves also tend to star in some moments that seem taken from an alternative reality instead of real life. This is precisely the case of a 7-year-old boy who has spent all the money in his mother’s bank account while playing Roblox.
The protagonist of this story is Kayla Howard, a single mother of four living in Florida and that, according to what he says, he works two jobs to be able to support his family. A situation that increases the surprise that had to take when checked in his bank account that his 7-year-old son had spent a whopping $897 on Roblox microtransactionswith which all the savings that he was reaping for these important dates have now been reduced to zero, as the media points out. WESH 2 News.
Roblox has not yet responded to the refund request
Like is logic, Howard has gone to Google, since the purchases have been made through Google Play, and to Roblox to request a refund and explain the situation. However, so far has only been able to recover 10 dollars of one of the transactions, while heRoblox’s response has yet to come, so there is still $887 left for Kayla to recover. Without a doubt, a most worrying situation on such critical dates.
It is not the first time that a young person spends large amounts of money on a video gamesince other titles like Fortnite, Genshin Impact or even Sonic Forces: Speed Battle have been targeted in these types of situations where children spend their parents’ money without their consent to purchase objects, cosmetics and other types of items in your favorite video games. We will have to see what Kayla Howard’s story finally ends up in and if Roblox finally returns her money, which would help her significantly to save Christmas.
