India, May 7 -- A Kentucky mother was caught off guard when her front porch was suddenly filled with boxes of lollipops, the result of an online order placed by her young son. Holly LaFavers was shocked to find that her 8-year-old son, Liam, had used her phone to purchase nearly 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers on Amazon. Despite her attempt to cancel the order, it was too late. The delivery had already gone out, and 22 large cases arrived at her home.

The real shock came when she checked her bank account and saw a charge of approximately $4,000 (around Rs.3.3 lakh).

"When I saw what the number was, I just about fainted," LaFavers said.

To make matters worse, she discovered that eight more cases from the order were still in transit. After a trip...