Unbelievable Fish Phishing Scam Accomplished When Pet Fish Commits Credit Card Fraud Using Owner's Nintendo Switch

The title says it all folks, and you read it correctly, a man's pet fish committed credit card fraud by accessing his Nintendo store on his Nintendo Switch. The Japanese youtuber set up a controller to his Nintendo Switch that used movement tracking to allow the fish to control the game. This isn't his first rodeo either. In 2020, he did a similar experiment where he tasked his fish to complete Pokemon Sapphire - which it did manage to complete in 3,195 hours.

This time, however, things didn't go as planned. The fish managed to open the Nintendo store on the Switch and enter the numbers for his credit card into the online store. He only lost about 500 yen (less than $4), but his credit card information was broadcasted to thousands of viewers who were watching this whole shenanigan on a livestream. Nintendo refunded him the money, but he did have to cancel his card and get a new one.

The moral of the story is, if you think fish are innocent creatures, you're wrong! They can be criminals too. We often think fish have no personality, but this little guy is changing our minds. He's pretty meme-able, in our humble opinion. Fish memes, anyone?

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Just imagine the conversation: "Um, hi, Nintendo customer service? Yeah, I need a refund. My fish accidentally used my credit card to buy something on the online store. Yes, that's right, my fish. I know it sounds crazy, but it really happened, I have a recording of it. No, this is not a prank call."
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This is kind of true - we see a lot of ridiculous headlines these days, but this is definitely one of the craziest we've seen. We'll never know if it was an accident or not, if the fish actually planned it or it was completely random. One of life's greatest mysteries.
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