Shocking! This Hyderabad boy lost Rs. 36 lakh playing online games like Free Fire on phone; family's life savings gone!
A shocking incident has resulted in a 16-year old Hyderabad boy losing Rs. 36 lakh, his family’s entire life savings, playing online games on his phone like Free Fire gaming app. This adds to the already long list of similar incidents where people, addicted to online games, end up in major financial losses and even commit suicide. These incidents play a role in reminding us just how easy it is to fall into the trap of spending money on online games and how quickly it can turn into an addiction that can cause swift financial ruin. Read on to know how the boy ended up losing such a high amount of money and how you can avoid a similar fate. Also read: Hackers can steal your WhatsApp account through this nasty phone call; know how
The boy is a resident of Amberpet area in Hyderabad. While playing online mobile games, he used the bank accounts of his mother to make the payments for the online games. According to the cybercrime wing of Hyderabad police, the boy downloaded a “Free Fire gaming app” on his grandfather's mobile phone. At first, he made two transactions of Rs. 1,500 and Rs. 10,000 to play the game. After that, he became addicted to the online mobile games and started spending large sums of money regularly on the games. During this entire time, the family had no knowledge of such transactions. Also read: India in TOP 5 countries of cybercrime victims! See who got robbed the most
Soon, he made larger transactions in the game ranging from Rs. 1.45 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh.Tragically, the class 11th student was also the son of a deceased police official. The money he ended up spending also included the monetary benefits received by the family after the official’s death.
When his mother went to the bank to make a withdrawal, she
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