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12-Year-Old Blows $1,400 on Farmville

Uses mom's credit card to rack up debt on Facebook game

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2010 12:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – A 12-year-old UK boy has earned himself the grounding of a lifetime by racking up roughly $1,400 in Farmville charges, first emptying some $450 from his own savings account, and then charging another $950 to his unwitting mother’s credit card—all in the...   Read full story »

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