Are shady iPhone games stealing iTunes credit?
There's a creepy thing happening in a back corner of Apple's App Store: A handful of games published by Chinese developers appear to use in-app purchases to wipe out users' iTunes gift card credit.
The situation was brought to light by TheNextWeb, which cited an outpouring of angst on Apple's own support pages, where users complained of similarly suspicious charges from "Hongbin Suo" and "GAMEISLIVE CORPORATION LIMITED."
"I received two gift cards over the weekend and redeemed them via my iPhone. Then I saw two unauthorized orders over totaling $50.00," reported one user. Another said, "Never bought the game or chips, they used all the credit left on my balance in iTunes."
