Pay your phone bill in 10 days or

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
 
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- 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.


 
 
 
 
 
 

[Murgos]

I want to be able to pay my phone bill is Ringgits.

[Trippy]

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.

Gee that bill is only, what, more than an order of magnitude larger than the US's yearly GDP and only three orders of magnitude larger than Malaysia's.

[Roac]

That's a lot of 900 number usage.

[Murgos]

It's really a clever ploy by that phone company to take over the world.

Step 1.  Make phone bill larger than value of entire planet.
Step 2.  Hand bill to collections agency.
Step 3.  Strong arm peasent into mortgaging Earth to pay bill at exorbitant interest rate.
Step 4.  Dirtfarmer defaults on loan.
Step 5.  Take ownership of globe, profit $$$.

[Paelos]

I want to be able to pay my phone bill is Ringgits.

You win those at the state fair right?