Five-year-old girl 'borrows' her mom's cell to go on $3,000 Amazon shopping spree

A young girl ran up a nearly $4,000 bill on her mother's credit card for an unauthorized online shopping spree, snapping up five pink motorcycles, ten pairs of cowgirl boots, and a giant motorized Jeep before nearly giving her mom a coronary. 

The culprit, five-year-old Massachusetts resident Lila Nunes, has since managed to escape punishment -  but not after earning some well-earned ire from mom Jessica.

Recounting the ordeal in an interview, Jessica explained how the youngster pulled it off, and almost put her out of $3,922.

'She asked to use my cell phone,' she told Today, after brandishing boxes of some the ill-gotten goods as proof of her daughter's brazen stunt in a video interview with another outlet in her town of Westport.

Figuring she wanted to play games on the device, Jessica brushed it off - but soon received a late-night message from Amazon notifying her of the extreme spending.

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Massachussets youngset Lila, 5, ran up a nearly $4,000 bill on her mother's credit card for an unauthorized online shopping spree last week, snapping up five pink motorcycles, ten pairs of cowgirl boots, and a giant motorized Jeep in the process

The culprit, five-year-old Massachusetts resident Lila Nunes, has since managed to escape punishment - but not after earning some well-earned ire from her mom

'I went about my day thinking nothing of it until my phone buzzed at 2 a.m. the next morning alerting me to a shipped Amazon order,' she told the station, 

Opening the notification, she quickly discerned that there had been a great deal of unexplained activity on her account, and that her credit card had already been charged for the array of purchases that she did not recognize.

Upon closer inspection, she noticed the items were all products that a young child might buy, especially if unattended and with access to the necessary funds. 

But only when she checked the time of the purchases, was she able to properly identify the perpetrator.

'She ordered five pink motorcycles, five blue motorcycles, 10 pairs of cowgirl boots and a jeep,' Jessica told local CBS affiliate WAFB-9 in a video interview outside the family's home Friday.

Recalling how she had given the five-year-old her phone to play with the night before, she told the station how she used her deduction skills to unmask her daughter as the mystery shopper.

'I had looked back at the time. It was around 9:30, which is exactly when we were in the car,' she said. 

Turning to her daughter, who appeared astoundingly guilty-free but also hung her head at points as her mom laid her offenses, she remarked: 'So wasn't fraudulent. It was just this one.'

'She asked to use my cell phone,' said Friday, brandishing boxes of some the ill-gotten goods as proof of her daughter's brazen stunt

'She ordered five pink motorcycles, five blue motorcycles, 10 pairs of cowgirl boots and a jeep,' Jessica told local CBS affiliate WAFB-9 in an interview outside the family home Friday

Figuring she wanted to play games on the device, Jessica brushed it off - but soon received a late-night message from Amazon notifying her of the extreme spending

She went on to recount the full damage from the parade of items, which, thanks to Amazon's quick shipping, made their way to her doorstep in less than two days.

'The bikes and the Jeep came out to about $3,180. The boots alone were about $600,' Jessica said, before revealing how she tried to return the pricey items, but was barred due to their high cost.

'These were actually non-returnable originally,' the mom said, describing how she frantically called the company's customer support line at two o'clock in the morning that night to see if they could find a solution. 

'I was like, 'Please, is there anything that we can do?'' she recalled.

Eventually, after some begging, she said reps took pity on her plight, and obliged to send her return labels for the more bulky products, which were still at her home on Friday when she spoke to the two news stations.

The transactions for the cowboy boots, she said, were cancelled just they left the warehouse.

As for the giant, two-seat Jeep - which as of Friday had yet to arrive - she said 'I couldn't cancel the order, but they are going to let me return it.'

Lila's impromptu spending has since grabbed national headlines, with several outlets since turning up at her Westport home to ask how she pulled it off

The youngster's scheme almost put the mom out of $3,922 - but she said she is using it as a teaching experience for the five-year-old

As for a prospective punishment, Jessica said she is forgoing such a course of action to use the incident as a learning experience.

'I did tell her that maybe if she acts right, she behaves and she does some chores around the house, that we can get her a bike that's more geared towards her age range, a little slower, maybe,' Jessica said of the scare.

Meanwhile, Lila told the station of how she slyly made the orders: 'You just press the yellow button, and you press the brown button.'

When asked why she did the crime, the youth - offering a slight smirk - explained: 'Cause I wanted one.'