My 11yo got scammed on Roblox

Dec 61 min read

So last month my son spent $40 of his birthday money on Robux. He thought he was buying a limited edition skin that was supposedly going to be 'worth more' later. Obviously got scammed, the item is worthless and he can't get his money back. Had to have the whole "this is how people take advantage of you online" conversation. On the plus side, he's now way more skeptical about in-game purchases. On the minus side, he's still bummed. Anyone deal with this before?

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LLou P.RegularDec 6

the 'worth more later' thing is such a common scam. Bummer he got hit by it but at least it's only $40 and not like $400. Could be worse

AAl G.RegularDec 6

this is actually a good teaching moment tho. I had my son take on chores to earn back half the money. He was WAY more careful with his next Robux purchase

DDex J.New DadDec 6

Did you refund him or make him take the L? I'm asking bc I'm wrestling with how to handle this with my guy and part of me thinks the loss is the actual learning experience here

IIan P.RegularDec 7

I feel like every kid learns this lesson at some point on Roblox. Sucks but yeah, it's a solid real-world lesson about not trusting random people online

DDanny G.RegularDec 8

Yeah Roblox is basically designed to scam kids. The whole 'limited edition' thing preys on FOMO. You might want to talk to him about how these games make money

RRyan M.New DadDec 7

Did you message Roblox support? Sometimes they'll actually refund if it's clearly a scam, especially for kids

LLuca P.RegularDec 8

Oof $40 is rough. Did he learn the lesson or is he still convinced those limited skins are gonna moon in value?

LLarry P.RegularDec 8

oof $40 on a digital skin that has zero resale value is rough. Did he at least learn the lesson? My 11yo lost $15 on the same scam and I was like okay, expensive lesson but at least you get it now

LLiam S.RegularDec 8

Roblox is designed to scam kids honestly. The whole "limited edition" economy is fake and kids can't tell. I'd consider contacting Roblox support - they've actually refunded some of my friends' kids' transactions if parents pushed back

SStan D.RegularDec 8

The limited edition resale market on Roblox is basically crypto for kids lmao. Zero regulation, zero protection, and some dude convinced your son digital items have value. Def try hitting up Roblox support - document everything

ZZack M.RegularDec 9

This is why I put my son's Roblox account on a spending limit. Like he can only spend $5/month max. Takes the temptation out of it and means if he gets scammed it's $5 not $40

TTim B.RegularDec 8

The fact that Roblox allows kids to spend money on worthless cosmetics without any parental controls is criminal. You should be able to make it read-only. Have you tried just closing his wallet access completely?