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enferno strikes again................. in Malaysia!
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| Trance Nutter |
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.
http://www.savvy.com/humor/man_gets...phone_bill.aspx
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Demoted
repwnst. |
awww a duck. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
awww a duck. |
whatever turns you on, aussie :p |
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| dj_bas |
| The thread title is pretty funny though :p |
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| StanVoid |
| the man's just trying to get attention, pics of telekom bill or stfu. |
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| Purple |
| quote: | Originally posted by StanVoid
the man's just trying to get attention, pics of telekom bill or stfu. |
Are you offering to pay if he produces pics of his original telephone bill?
:wtf: |
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| Cloudburst |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
(AP) Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
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lol, what the do you have to call to get such a phone bill? |
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| bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
lol, what the do you have to call to get such a phone bill? |
maybe the guy called to malaysia 24/7 - 365 without knowing the phone was on? dunno... |
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| Demoted |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
lol, what the do you have to call to get such a phone bill? |
If you go by Tubularbills sig, I'd say Theresa (1-800-THERESA). She probably charges for her donation to make arcadia into a real boy. I'm guessing it's at least $400 a second. |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
lol, what the do you have to call to get such a phone bill? |
He must have MSN messenger forwarded to his cell phone. Poor guy. |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
He must have MSN messenger forwarded to his cell phone. Poor guy. |
Not his fault at all. He's a pure victim. Just like Citric.
Ignorance is clearly no ones fault but the people who exploit it, right? |
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