A 12-year-old boy spent nearly £700 on smash hit game Fortnite - but his dad's bank won't pay the money back.
Steven Harrison has urged parents to be on their guard after son Tyler completed 81 transactions in just three days.
He's asked his bank Natwest to repay the cash but they say they cannot help because he was deemed to have authorised the payments.
Steven, from Stoke-on-Trent, told The Mirror NatWest should have flagged up the activity earlier but admitted he forgot he had left his details on the unit after letting Tyler buy a birthday gift.
He said: “I just want to warn other parents to be careful.”
A NatWest spokesman said: “We sympathise but we are not able to refund the disputed transactions because the card use was contrary to our terms and conditions.”
Steven has spoken out after teachers raised concerns about Fortnite: Battle Royale affecting children's concentration.
Staff at one school wrote to parents last month about the popular free game which is sweeping the nation.
It follows complaints about pupils being 'distracted' because they are spending too much time talking about the game.
In an email to parents, the headteacher said: "A new game has become popular with the children in school - Fortnite, age-rating 12.
"Unfortunately, discussions around this game are being brought into school and into the classroom which is distracting children from their learning.
"Can you please speak to your child about this so that learning time is not lost dealing with issues linked to this game."
Fortnite: Battle Royale was released last September and can be downloaded for free on PCs, Xbox and PlayStation.
It is a mass online brawl which sees 100 players leap out of a plane and end up on a small island where battles break out until only one person is left standing.
