Think your phone bill is high? Try $218 trillion Malaysian man hit with gigantic bill, ordered to pay up or face prosecution KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he received a U.S. $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 (U.S. $23) bill, the New Straits Times reported. But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01-ringgit (U.S. $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 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.
Luckily, I don't have big bills ... -huh ... at least I will not see them at the end of the month. ... my company will
Lol...yeah...i should trick my new manager and convince him that i need a simcard from the company too... but nah....i dont use my mobile that much here...mostly my friends from NL call me using the housephone...their parents pay
got to be some sort of mistake ... hhmm ... now i wonder if i can rake up that much if i talk 24/7 for 30 days. is it even possible?
Well company phones have disadvantage as well ... Ya are always on duty Ya get use to not paying the bill yourself ...
$218 trillion???? obviously there must be some kind of mistake. Telekom should investigate instead order to settle. Even the world richest person in the world can't afford to pay. For who knows, it Telekom internal staffs been stealing the line for illegal purpose. But the question is, how can one phone bill shoot up to $218 trillion??? We are not talking million but trillion.
