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Title: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: BLUEVOODU on August 15, 2020, 10:53:51 PM
Lol man... I'm not sure what I would do. Maybe not in this example (not necessarily talking about this mom), but many parents are ignorant to what their kids do online.  So many parents of the kids I saw have no monitoring or idea of what their kids are doing, who they are talking to, manipulating or being manipulated by.  I know a lot of people don't want to think about this. It sucks.. I get it

A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations in 17 Days - ign.com (https://www.ign.com/articles/a-mother-recovers-the-20k-her-son-spent-on-twitch-donations-in-17-days)


This is pretty crazy. Post up your thoughts and comments!

Title: Re: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: retro junkie on August 15, 2020, 11:04:57 PM
Ouch and WOW!  :))
Title: Re: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: Grindspine on August 17, 2020, 06:03:56 PM
Do people not check their bank accounts daily for unauthorized charges?
Title: Re: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: CreepinDeth on August 18, 2020, 12:30:49 AM
That's a lot of money to have sitting around in a checking account. Also, why wasn't the bank suspicious even earlier about the charges? Even if the parents don't check their account on a daily basis, there still should have been some type of alert.

I've had my bank account get triggered for fraud on way smaller amounts.
Title: Re: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: BLUEVOODU on September 22, 2020, 08:56:13 PM
hm... I wonder if it was something were the debit transactions do not flag like credit transactions would...  Just a thought. That is a good point.  And yes.. that's a decent sum to have sitting around lol  ;D
Title: Re: A Mother Recovers the $20K Her Son Secretly Spent on Twitch Donations - ign.com
Post by: CreepinDeth on September 23, 2020, 01:01:10 AM
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on September 22, 2020, 08:56:13 PM
hm... I wonder if it was something were the debit transactions do not flag like credit transactions would...

It's possible, and if that's the case, that bank sucks. And yeah, if I had that type of money in cash, I would at the very least keep it in a savings account. Even one with a low interest rate would still get you something at that amount.