Five-Year-Old Spends $2,500 on ‘Zombies Vs. Ninjas’ App

Do you give your kids your phone or tablet to play games on? Make sure that they know not to download anything without your permission, or this could be you.

A 5-year-old in England had permission to download a free game on his parents iPad and started playing the game 'Zombies Vs. Ninjas'. During the game a screen popped up asking if he wanted to buy some ammunition to help fight the hoard and of course he said yes! The problem is though, you actually had to pay for the ammo. He had the password so charging it to the account was no problem. In fact he ran up the $2,500 bill in about 10 minutes.

The big problem besides the fact that the kid had racked up a monster bill, was that the parents are stuck with the bill. There is a settlement with Apple that states the charges are nullified if a child spends more than $30, but that is only in the U.S. as of right now.

The parents are in contact with Apple and they are hoping that they don't have to pay for anything.