06 October,2016 08:32 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Jose Javier, a 12-year-old boy from Torrevieja, Spain, created an account with Google pay-per-click service AdWords in August, which ads above search results and on other sites. The budding musician's goal was to make his brass band famous
Jose Javier, a 12-year-old boy from Torrevieja, Spain, created an account with Google pay-per-click service AdWords in August, which ads above search results and on other sites. The budding musician's goal was to make his brass band famous.
According to a report in The Guardian, Javier's parents, who had opened a savings account in his name - gave his banking details thinking he was actually going to earn money from ads on his homemade website.
As per Google AdWords, a customer gives his or her credit card details and only pays when someone clicks on the link something Javier possibly didn't know about. He ended up racking a 100,000 Euro, which is approximately around Rs 74 lakh in debts. His parents were notified of this by the bank authorities.
But, a spokesperson at Google has confirmed that they would be waiving the exorbitant bill as they believe "it was all a mistake and that he did it without thinking".
