“Telekom Malaysia sent Yahaya Wahab a bill for 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit, or about $218 trillion, for charges to the account, along with a demand from the company’s debt collection agency that he settle the alleged debt within 10 days, or get a lawyer.”

Not only did the company claim the man owed them roughly 17 times the GDP of the United States, but they failed to notice that the account was closed and he was dead! Full article on The Register, here. Via BOL, here.

Posted Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 @ 12:40 am
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