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| E2EK1EL |
Man Gets 200 Trillion Phone Bill
8:23 AM PST - Monday, April 10, 2006
AP Staff
(AP) Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday. advertisement
Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January after he died and settled the 84 ringgit ($23) bill, the New Straits Times reported.
But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit ($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to settle within 10 days or face legal proceedings, the newspaper reported.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
"If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm ready to face it," the paper quoted Yahaya as saying. "In fact, I can't wait to face it," he said.
Yahaya, from northern Kedah state, received a notice from the company's debt-collection agency in early April, the paper said. Yahaya said he nearly fainted when he saw the new bill.
Government-linked Telekom Malaysia Bhd. is the country's largest telecommunications company.
A company official, who declined to be identified as she was not authorized to speak to the media, said Telekom Malaysia was aware of Yahaya's case and would address it. She did not provide further details.
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| Surreal JRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls
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It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death. |
Im guessing it's a mistake. For $218 trillion in recent calls, where the heck was he calling to? The Alpha Centauri star system? |
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| nusty |
| And I thought Telus was bad.... ouch. |
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| Djsketchbag |
| wow and i thought the $760 bill my g.f racked up on our plan while my phone was broken was a lot but that's just ridiculos |
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| nusty |
| yeah that's even a lot of 19.99/min porno phone sex. |
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| me@t k@tie |
| The most that I spent on one phone call was like $180. That was brutal. I called my friend while he was in Guatemala. My mum freaked out when she opened the bill up! I didn't think it would be so expensive...:nervous: |
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| Stingray |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit |
Gotta love the one cent. :haha: |
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| FunkyGroove |
| quote: | Originally posted by me@t k@tie
The most that I spent on one phone call was like $180. That was brutal. I called my friend while he was in Guatemala. My mum freaked out when she opened the bill up! I didn't think it would be so expensive...:nervous: |
ROFL
always check the rates!! and use a calling card, that way you are only limited to 5 or 10 bucks |
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| Dj XtReMe |
| quote: | Originally posted by nusty
And I thought Telus was bad.... ouch. |
yeah no kidding |
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| Billche |
This guys cell phone bill: ~218 trillion
Rogers 2004 Revenue: Wireless segment: ~2.7 billion
You'd think its a mistake if his cell phone bill comes out to a value 81000 times greater then the combined annual bill of every rogers user in canada. |
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