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Nine-Year-Old Spends $100K on Ads | Perth News
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A nine-year-old kid racked up $118,000 in YouTube ads—mostly for Minecraft and Roblox videos—by accidentally accessing his dad’s company payment info, thinking more money meant more views. The dad, a YouTuber himself, had initially shown his son how to run a small $20 ad campaign, but the kid escalated things wildly. The family is now scrambling to secure accounts, set spending limits, and even consider pausing the kid’s channel—all while the kid jokes he’s “definitely cooked.” This wild tale underscores how dangerously easy it is for kids to stumble into financial chaos online when payment details are left too open.
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