Other parents, including Kanye West and Kim Kardashian-West, have complained about the iTunes in-app purchase policy

In one instance Mr Shugaa said his son spent £1,500 in one hour

A father is livid after his seven-year-old son racked up an enormous £4,000 bill on an iPad dinosaur video game.

Mohamed Shugaa, 32, of Crawley, discovered his son Faisall had downloaded the iTunes game Jurassic World and spent £3,911 upgrading his dinosaurs.

Faisall knew the passcode to unlock his father's iPad, but Mr Shugaa didn't realise his son had also memorised his Apple ID, which accesses payment information and only has to be entered once to make multiple purchases.

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Mohamed Shugaa (left), 32, said his son Faisall (right), seven, had no idea he was spending real money when he racked up the nearly £4,000 bill

Mr Shugaa, who owns Sussex Carpet Centre in Crawley, West Sussex, said when tried to make a purchase with a supplier he initially thought the credit card machine was broken.

Then he called his bank.

He was shocked when he was told 65 transactions had been made to Apple from December 13 to December 18.

'In the whole scenario how can Apple not pick up on how many transactions have been made by my boy?

'Why wasn't it flagged up? It must look like there's a glitch in the system because there's no way in the world that much could be spent in one day.

'You're not buying a gift. It's a game where you buy coins to upgrade dinosaurs,' Mr Shugaa said.

Mr Shugaa was outraged that Apple never flagged the charges up sooner and asked him to wait ten days for a refund

Jurassic World, which Faisall purchased using his father's account on the Apple App Store, allows players to use real money to purchase Dino Bucks and upgrade dinosaurs

In the Jurassic World game, players collect more than 50 species of dinosaur and can do battle with other dinosaurs as well as build a dinosaur park.

HOW CAN YOU AVOID YOUR KIDS R ACKING UP HUGE BILLS? Some apps are free to download but charge for in-app content, while others cost money to download and also charge for in-game content - so parents need to keep an eye on the types of apps their children are using. Apple's iTunes provides a range of resources to help parents learn how to manage in-app purchases their children could potentially rack up. Go to iTunes' App Store home page, and at the bottom are links to topics such as Learn More About In-App Purchases and Parents' Guide to iTunes. There is also About Kids Apps and Games, which explains the content and categories. In Settings there are restrictions where you can completely turn off installing apps and making in-app purchases; parental controls to make sure your iTunes password is required, immediately, for every purchase; and options you can choose which range from Don't Allow Apps, or only allow age levels from 4+, 9+, 12+, or 17+. And with the later models of iPhones and iPads that have Touch ID, Apple lets you turn off iTunes account purchases, so even if your child's fingerprints are registered to unlock your phone, they can't be used to buy things. But the easiest way to keep children from making unauthorized or unintentional in-app purchases is to simply not give them your iTunes password. For more information see iMore. Advertisement

Faisall purchased £4,000-worth of Dino Bucks, used to upgrade dinosaurs and purchase new characters, not realising he was spending his father's money.

Immediately Mr Shugaa called Apple Support demanding a refund and was told he was on a priority list, but Apple told him there was no guarantee he'd get his money back.

The father of two pleaded with Apple, telling them he needed the money to buy Christmas gifts for his children.

'I said to him it's before Christmas and I need to get money for Christmas. £4000 before Christmas is a lot of money.

'My son was just playing game. He didn't know he was spending money. He's seven years of age. At seven you don't know the value money

'What are they going to do? Take my son to court?' Mr Shugaa said.

Apple finally agreed to refund Mr Shugaa for the charges Faisall made on the Jurassic World game, but told him it could take up to ten business days.

'£4,000 to Apple is just a drop in the ocean. If they have proper finance team surely they can refund it to my account,' Mr Shugaa said.

A statement on Apple's website reads: 'All iOS devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod touch) have built in parental controls that give parents and guardians the ability to restrict access to content.

'Parental controls also give parents and guardians the option to turn off functionality such as purchasing from iTunes and the ability to turn off in-app purchases.

'Our parents' guide to iTunes details the steps adults can take to make sure younger players have access to the right content. The first thing we recommend is not to share your password.'

Shugaa said it would have taken son Faisall 15 years to pay off the £3,911 bill - if Apple hadn't agreed to refund the cash.

He said: 'I've banned Faisall from using the iPad for the time being.

'I dare say I'll let him use it again in future, but I've re-set my passwords and the settings, so he can't spend any more money on daft games.'

'Faisall gets £5-a-week pocket money, so at that rate it would have taken him a while to pay it back - 15 years in fact - if Apple hadn't agreed to refund the money.'

The dad-of-two, who also has a four-year-old daughter Yasmina and is married to 36-year-old Hayely, added: 'As soon as I told Faisall how much it cost, he said he would delete all his dinosaurs.

'He doesn't really have a concept of how much nearly £4,000 is, but he was very, very sorry for what he had done.'

Mohamed said that Faisall still had a 'happy Christmas' despite the huge bill - and his top present was a state-of-the-art go-kart, worth £389.

'It didn't ruin Christmas as I had bought all the presents before the bill came in, so in the end it was alright - despite a big shock when the bill came in,' Mr Shugaa said.

Mr Shugaa isn't the first parent to be outraged by iTunes lackadaisical charging policy.

Earlier this year Kanye West took to Twitter to complain about his daughter North West racking up charges in wife KIm Kardashian-West's top-selling game app Kim Kardashian's Hollywood.

'F*** any game company that puts in-app purchases on kids games!!!' Mr West tweeted.

'We give the iPad to our child and 'every 5 minutes there's a new purchase'!!!' he continued.

'If a game is made for a 2 year old, just allow them to have fun and give the parents a break for Christ sake.'