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[Noor]

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.

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[monjardin]

I heard that on the radio last week here in the States. I just want to know how that number fit on the phone bill. :lol:

And what's with the 0.01 ringit on the end?!? That reminds me of a friend of mine who got a $0.02 tax refund from the IRS. He has the check hanging in his office. :)

[Methulah]

That would be a scare to recieve in the mail. Thanks god my phone bills are closer to AU$70. :D

[Jufa]

whoa! that's pretty nice phone bill i must say ._.

my bills are close to 37€... but 218 trillion, eh? insane :P

[bignobody]

218 Trillion... Must have been an intergalactic call before 6 pm... :blink:

[Jufa]

more like intergalactic hot-line ._.

[xDiViNiTix]

wow thats like the amount my friend spends in one shopping spree at a mall...

ok maybe just take out the trillion part and multiply by 3