Boy, 14, spends family's entire savings on cyber hostesses

The boy spent thousands on women in an online game. Photo / Getty Images

A teenage boy has blown his family's life-savings on hostesses he met online.

Xiao Ming, who lives in Lishui City in East China's Zhejiang Province, said the online-streaming hostesses were his only friends.

The 14-year-old became addicted in October when he started speaking to five different hostesses who promote in-game purchases.

The hostesses convinced him the purchases would improve his virtual characters.

He bought the hostesses virtual gifts, spending a total of NZ$6059 - his parents' life savings - in under two months, news.com.au reports.

Ming's parents, Xu Yongwen, 43, and Liu Bang, 39, live with their family in a basement.

The couple fear there is no way to get their money back.

"These online hosts have no social morality and only know how to seduce these naive youths," Xu said.