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> Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
> Apr 10 3:08 PM US/Eastern
> 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.
In the 80s I got a bill from Diner's Club saying to pay my $40,000+ bill or else. NOW!. Took me a minute or two before I noticed the amount they claimed I owed was the same as my ZIP code. Apparently they upset a LOT of folks that month.
David