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Mon 19 Jul, 2004 08:47 pm
A six-hour phone call results in an unusually large bill for German man.
July 14, 2004: 3:11 PM EDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man reported a female chat-line worker to police after facing a phone bill for $7,244 following an all-night flirt session with her.
The woman calling herself Tina rang the 28-year-old man on his mobile phone.
"She said she had found his number on the Internet and would really like to chat to him," a police spokesman in the westerly town of Wesel said on Wednesday.
She gave the man a number and asked him to ring her back, saying it would be a cheap rate. The pair then became locked in a six-hour conversation.
"The man said they talked about far more than just sex," the spokesman said.
Police are investigating allegations of fraud.
Oh, my Gawd, Col man. And to think I worried about a slight increase in my telephone bill this month. I thought them Germans wuz spossed to be smart.
Well, you dial a 900 number in the US, you expect to pay. Talk all night, and you should expect to pay all night. I don't see a basis for fraud, and neither would P.T. Barnum.
It's actually quite funny - 7,000 dollars! :wink:
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