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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Teodorp99 on 2024-09-10 16:14:31+00:00.

So recently I’ve been using a macro to do some farming on games on my Xbox since I don’t have much time to play during the day.

This morning I wake up and start swiping through my notifications when I see several random charges on my PayPal. I open it up for more details and see that it’s for several games totaling just over 200 pounds, and they were made at 3am. My first thoughts are “either my cousin decides to treat himself, or someone hacked my account”. Both of these motions were dismissed when I went to check on my Xbox, which was mid download.

I notice some weird behaviours though, as the screen would just cycle between buttons, clicking and then back to circling which made me realise the macro was still running.

Somehow, the macro had escaped my game and gone to the store to treat itself to a few games in the night. Immediately I’m a little annoyed as that was the remainder of my paycheck and I have about 15 minutes before my bus leaves for work, so I can’t deal with it.

When I got back home, I luckily found the refunds page on Microsoft and got them all refunded, as well as putting a lock on the item store so that no games can be purchased without me in the future

Tl;Dr: my nightly macro decided to treat itself to some games using my bill money