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YouTuber's pet fish 'commits credit card fraud' while playing video game

By Kristine Tarbert|

A pet fish has effectively 'defrauded' its owner, after ?accessing credit card information and exposing it to the public during a live stream of a video game online.

The Mutekimaru Channel on YouTube is famous for its clips of fish playing video games on the Nintendo Switch through motion detection tracking software.

It essentially tracks a fish as it swims through a tank and uses the information to input commands on the video game system based on where the fish is positioned.

However, things recently went awry during a live stream of a fish playing Pokจฆmon, after its owner Mutekimaru, also known as Maurice, stepped away from the game.

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Goldfish, aquarium
The YouTube channel is famous for clips of fish playing video games on the Nintendo Switch. (iStock)

What came next was so unbelievable, he shared the video online.

In it, the game crashed, but the system continued to follow the fish's inputs, eventually leading it to the Nintendo Store, where users can purchase games and other downloadable content.

"Amazingly the fish launched Nintendo's online store," he said in the video, adding the fish then "eagerly read the terms and conditions".

The online store was then closed, before it "immediately started up again".

"Fish then exposes screens that should not be fully exposed to the public, showing owner's credit card information," he said.

"I hate to believe this, but this happened during a live YouTube stream."

You can watch the video above.?

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YouTuber's Pet Fish Commit Credit Card Fraud while playing video game
The pet fish (circled) continued to swim in a way that exposed the owner's Visa card information. (YouTube)

The fish eventually charged 500 Yen through the Nintendo Store จC about $5.50 จC to the Visa credit card already saved on the Switch account.

This also prompted an email to be sent to the owner, who then realised what had happened.

As mortifying as it must have been to receive an automated email out of the blue about his fish's purchases and discover his credit card information was revealed on stream, Mutekimaru saw the humour in the situation, posting a tweet about what happened.?

After the incident, he contacted Nintendo, explained the situation, and requested a refund, which was eventually granted by the company, Techspot reported.

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