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A seven-year-old boy ran up a massive £4,000 bill after playing a dinosaur video game on his dad's iPad .

Mohamed Shugaa had no idea Faisall knew the password for his tablet computer and only realised something was up when his bank card was declined.

The youngster had unwittingly racked up the bill by paying for upgrades and new dinosaur characters on Jurassic World not realising he was spending real money.

During the game, players can collect more than 50 species of dinosaur and can choose to do battle with other dinosaurs and build a dinosaur park.

Mohamed, 32, who owns a carpet firm in Crawley, West Sussex, said that when he tried to pay his suppliers his bank card was rejected as it was overdrawn.

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When he checked his account he found that £3,911 had vanished from his account - with 60 separate payments to iTunes from between December 13 to December 18.

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Mr Shugaa said he had 'no idea' that his son knew his password, but said he must have watched him tap it in and copied him.

He said: "When I couldn't make another payment I rang my bank.

"They put me through to the fraud team and they asked if I was aware 60-plus transactions had been made to iTunes from December 13 to 18 totalling £3,911.

"I didn't have a clue what they were talking about and I had to check my bank account online to understand what was going on."

He said he called Apple, telling them he was a 'grown man' and wouldn't spend nearly £4,000 on a 'daft' computer game.

He said: "I was so mad. I'm 32 years old, why would Apple think I would be spending thousands of pounds on buying dinosaurs and upgrading a game?

"Why didn't they email me to check I knew these payments were being made? I got nothing from them. How much longer would it have gone on for?

"Faisall is only seven, he doesn't understand the real value of money and what the payments in the game involved."

He told the Crawley News today: "Apple have details of my account so it would have been clear that I don't spend that type of money on iTunes.

"It should have been flagged up."

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."