Teenager Confuses Google AdWords with AdSense. Owes Google $120,000

> a 12-year-old Spanish teenager

That's a preteen, not a teenager.

(The whole article seems to just be a -- sometimes clumsy or inaccurate, as with the above quoted line -- direct translation of much of the source article. [0])

[0] http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2016/10/04/actualida...

Summary:

The parents arranged a bank account for their child to play with.

He went on to create an AdWord account and spent $120000 in ads. The payments were blocked.

The article lacks details in the end: It seems that the bank called the parents, google blocked the account and already refunded the money.

Adult man confuses products with similar names. Searches Google for answer, becomes more confused. Gives up.

Something is strange with this story. On adwords, to spend money and only be charged at the end of the month you have to be accepted into monthly billing. You have to apply for it. It's not something that you do by accident because you confused adwords with adsense.