{"id":159968,"date":"2019-09-04T04:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1802680\/"},"modified":"2019-09-04T04:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:06:39","slug":"11-year-old-gets-scammed-into-spending-over-4k-on-favorite-tiktok-influencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/04\/11-year-old-gets-scammed-into-spending-over-4k-on-favorite-tiktok-influencer\/","title":{"rendered":"11-Year-Old Gets \u2018Scammed\u2019 Into Spending Over $4K on Favorite TikTok Influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TikTokScreenshotk9319-650x365.jpg?resize=640%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">An 11-year-old girl was &#8220;scammed&#8221; into paying over $4,000 to get lip sync sessions with her favorite TikTok influencer. (Photo Credit: TikTok)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>An 11-year-old girl in the U.K. recently spent thousands of dollars to get lip sync sessions with her favorite TikTok influencer and her parents are not happy about the social media &#8220;scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The girl spent about $4,198 in a month through iTunes and her parents had no clue that she was making multiple payments for TikTok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/facebook-reportedly-considers-hiding-like-counts-1802600\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">a social media app<\/a> for sharing short talent videos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/young-girl-spent-over-4000-lip-sync-favorite-tiktok-influencer-2019-9\"  rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider reported<\/a>. She was obsessed with a 24-year-old TikTok influencer, who was not named at this time, and made multiple payments to interact with the social media figure on the app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQEGJMmqBTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t realize that the card was attached to the account and so didn&#8217;t realize she was spending all this money,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge-news.co.uk\/news\/cambridge-news\/tiktok-itunes-cambridge-mum-warning-16834921\"  rel=\"noopener\">the mother, who remained anonymous, told Cambridgeshire Live<\/a>. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t get any notification from iTunes or the bank even though she was spending hundreds of pounds a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The mother explained how her daughter racked up thousands in bills due to the TikTok incident, which had reportedly caused her to lose all of her savings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s wiped out all my money,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s all the money I had, it&#8217;s over \u00a33,500 (approximately $4,230) and all my overdraft, and I now have not one penny left for me and my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The girl was purchasing coins on the app so she could lip sync with the TikTok influencer and have private video calls with them. A bill obtained by Cambridgeshire Live shows many transactions, and some are as high as $119.99 each. According to the mother, the daughter was scammed on the social media app, however, the 11-year-old didn&#8217;t understand the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The worried mum says her daughter has been talking to a 24-year-old influencer on TikTok and buying &#8216;coins&#8217; on the app so she can lip sync songs with him <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YcYZBM7JqL\">https:\/\/t.co\/YcYZBM7JqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cambridgeshire Live (@Cambslive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cambslive\/status\/1168277349160423425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve now messaged [the man] from her phone, and said I was her mum,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t believe me, and he didn&#8217;t seem to care about the money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though the mom reportedly contacted her bank and the police, she said &#8220;no one can help&#8221; her get the money back. She received $152.33 from iTunes, but that still wasn&#8217;t enough to cover the amount she lost due to the &#8220;scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lMHB5fgmt-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A TikTok spokesperson shared a statement about the incident with Business Insider, stating that it encourages TikTok users to report &#8220;potentially inappropriate behavior&#8221; on the social media app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We are very sorry to hear about this user&#8217;s experience and have opened an internal investigation as part of our regular review process, which will help us further strengthen our internal controls,&#8221; said the TikTok spokesperson. &#8220;We encourage users to report any potentially inappropriate behavior through our in-app reporting function or by emailing us at feedback@tiktok.com. 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