Telekom Malaysia issued the World’s Record Most Expensive Phone Bill?
Filed in: Malaysia — April 13th, 2006
An MYR 806,400,000,000,000.01 (USD 218 trillion) phone bill was issued by Telekom Malaysia to a dead man.
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.
[via Man hit with $218 trillion phone bill - MSNBC.com]
My two cents
“Malaysia Boleh!”
This is amazing! I suspect that Telekom Malaysia is using one of the top supercomputers for phone bill accounting. 
[Thanks, Evan Sherlock]
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April 13th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
this story very popular lah..even in USATODAY also got
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-04-10-malaysia_x.htm
April 13th, 2006 at 8:50 pm
wowoooooooooooo
telco shd not allow company to bill ppl over phones or handphones. It really a loop hole for ppl to con others.
April 13th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
It was Not Our Fault: Telekom Malaysia
Telekom Malaysia acknowledged the USD 218 billion phone bill was a typo mistake but refuse to admit that it is their mistake.
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April 14th, 2006 at 4:23 am
Thanks for crediting me.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Even if the charge was 1 million dollar per minute it would take him almost 415 years to rack up that one |-p
April 14th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
telekom malaysia is a daily ah long….
they also doin well in “Tai Chi” policy.
kns.