Dad in SG saddled with S$20,000 credit card bill after daughter’s in-game spending spree on ‘Genshin Impact’


Lim’s daughter had gone on a six-week spending spree on the game ‘Genshin Impact’. — Pixabay

SINGAPORE: Lim Cheng Mong was puzzled when the bank called to tell him he had missed a payment of more than S$20,000 (RM61,936) in overdue credit card debt linked to 89 mysterious transactions under his name.

“At first I thought I was scammed, but the credit card company said these were all legitimate transactions and there was nothing it could do,” said Lim, 56, who works as a product manager in a German company.

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