Garena Free Fire Craze: These kids spent nearly Rs 1 LAKH from their parents’ account on the online game

Garena Free Fire: Dear parents, if your kids spend too much time on online games - read this carefully!  A new case in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district has surfaced showing how lack of parental supervision for online games could cost the former dearly. 

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In Gonda, two children aged below 12 and 14 had spent nearly Rs 1 lakh from their parents’ account for online transaction on Garena Free Fire game. These two kids had spent nearly Rs 7,000  and Rs 90,000 from their parents’ bank account online to purchase diamonds and clothing for Free Fire, Zee Media reported.

According to the report, the incident came to light when the parents of these kids went to bank to withdraw money for school fees and other charges related to the curriculum. But they found out that the money from their bank account has been siphoned off.

The parent first doubted it to be a case of cybercrime or bank account hacking. But upon police probe it was revealed that the children got access of the google pay and other online bank log in details, using which they paid the amount for the online game purchase, the report said.

"Similar cases have been reported from the district where children have spent money from their parents’ account to make purchases for online game," Gonda Police Superindent Santosh Mishra was quoted as saying to Zee Media.

Gonda Police Superindent has also counselled both the parents for better parental supervision for such online games so that the minors can be protected. Santosh Mishra also highlighted the importance of keeping bank records safe so that it cannot be misused by anyone including their own children.

Garena Free Fire also known as Free Fire Battlegrounds or Free Fire, is a battle royale game, developed by 111 Dots Studio and published by Garena for Android and iOS. Free Fire is the ultimate survival shooter multiplayer battle royale mobile game. Each 10-minute in game places you on a remote island where you are pit against 49 other players, all seeking survival. To be the last survivor is the only goal.