Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill

[LoKyBuckeye]

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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill

Mon Apr 10, 7:16 AM ET

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.

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.

 

[hoat]

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.

Hmmm I'm going to go out on a limb and say that his phone was not used illegally to rack up over a trillion dollars worth of calls. Could you imagine how much someone would have to charge to rack up something like this.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

Hmmm I'm going to go out on a limb and say that his phone was not used illegally to rack up over a trillion dollars worth of calls. Could you imagine how much someone would have to charge to rack up something like this.

I think that my sister-in-law could manage to do it....

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I think that my sister-in-law could manage to do it....

so could my wife... I think our phone is attached to her ear.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

so could my wife... I think our phone is attached to her ear.

Interesting.....

LJB, is your sister in law married to a doofus who lives in Florida? You may be talking about the same person here

 

[Jagdaddy]

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Mr. Wahab indicated that he would be grounding his teenage daughter Yekeya immediately.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

LJB, is your sister in law married to a doofus who lives in Florida? You may be talking about the same person here

I'm a hipster doofus.... thank you very much.

 

[hoat]

I'm a hipster doofus.... thank you very much.

Are you wearing your new Ocean perfume?

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

Are you wearing your new Ocean perfume?

no... it's a knock off called The Beach

 

[martinss01]

roaming...? during PEAK HOURS!!??

 

[hoat]

Stop the madness. Calvin Klein called, they need you in your whitey tighty's ASAP for your photo shoot.:)

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

these pretzels are making me thirsty!

 

[hoat]

Wait. You stopped for Jujyfruits?

 

[coastalbuck]

Sounds like he got my kids cell bill by mistake,

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

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.

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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.

OK, Rashmish, let's do a little math here. Let's say he died just after midnight Jan 1. Since there are 1440 minutes in a day, and 100 days have passes (31 + 28 + 31 + 10), that means 144,000 minutes have passed. Now, charging $218,000,000,000,000 would mean he's being charged $1,513,888,888 a minute, or $25,231,481.48 a second. Yeah, it's not clear whether it was a software glitch or not...