Young children playing Facebook farm game cost 900 pounds

Farmville game screenshots Beijing Time April 16 morning news, according to foreign media reports, a British mother in their 12-year-old son secretly on the Facebook farm game Farmville spent 900 pounds, accusing such social games to entice children to spend a lot of money. The British mother warned that many "free" social games on Facebook could tempt children to spend a lot of money.　　Her 12-year-old son spent 900 pounds (about 9524 yuan) on the popular farm game Farmville, not only spending his 288 pounds (about 3048 yuan) savings, but also secretly using his mother's credit card to pay 625 pounds (about 6614 yuan). Farmville is one of the most popular games on Facebook, where players can grow, nurture and harvest crops, trees and livestock on virtual farms. New players can automatically acquire virtual money to build a farm, and the income earned after harvest can be used to keep farms or expand.　　But many players are eager to develop their farms quickly, so they are willing to use cash to buy virtual money to speed up farm development. "My son first used my credit card on March 14 and I found it on March 29 and then stopped using the card," said the mother. I thought the card had cost 427 pounds (about 4519 yuan), but the transaction that had already been carried out continued to be deducted, with a total of 625 pounds (about 6614 yuan). She also said that Facebook and Farmville game developer Zynga refused to return the money on the grounds that boys and mothers lived together.　　Facebook has closed the boy's account, and Zynga advises it to set up password protection on the computer. The mother contacted HSBC, a credit card issuing bank, but HSBC staff noted that she could only get a refund if she reported to the police that her son's conduct was a crime. "If I report it, he will be warned, and the penalty will be recorded in his file, and obviously I don't want to jeopardize my son's future for this stupid farm game," the mother said.　　She added that the son was "very shocked" when she told her son how much he had spent, but clearly he knew what he had done because "they offered me the good stuff I wanted". The mother said she did not blame Facebook, Zynga or HSBC because her son had made a mistake by stealing credit cards. But she pointed out: "I think they [game developers] should take the social responsibility to include in the system settings that prevent such events from happening."　　"She blames the ringtones and the Games for the" trap "of making money from stupid people, and children are also suffering. Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, the US technology blogger, last year criticized Zynga for "generating revenue" in Farmville, even if people without credit cards could buy virtual money through "mobile payment" Michael Al. (Xiao Wei)