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    Man Gets $23 Quadrillion Bill: Josh Muszynski Overcharged By Visa

    Glitch hits Visa users with more than $23 quadrillion charge

    July 15, 2009 -- Updated 1837 GMT (0237 HKT)

    NEW YORK (CNN) -- A technical snafu left some Visa prepaid cardholders stunned and horrified Monday to see a $23,148,855,308,184,500 charge on their statements.

    That's about 2,007 times the size of the national debt.

    Josh Muszynski, 22, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was one Visa customer aghast to find the 17-digit charge on his bill. Adding insult to injury, he had also been hit with a $15 overdraft fee.

    He noticed that his debt exceeded the world GDP while making a routine balance inquiry on his online Bank of America account. According to his statement, he had spent the profound sum in one pop at a nearby Mobil gas station -- his regular stop for Camel cigarettes.

    "Very, very panicked," he jumped in his car and sped to the station.

    Had they perhaps noticed any "outrageous" charges come across their books recently, he inquired of the cashier there. She checked the records. They had not.

    Muszynski wondered aloud what he might possibly have asked to purchase for such an astronomical price. "Can I buy Europe on pump 4?"

    He next called Bank of America, the issuer of his Visa prepaid debit card. The bank kept him on hold for two hours, during which time he contemplated the impossibly bleak financial future that might await him. He also felt a stab of fear that he had saddled all his unborn grandchildren -- and their grandchildren -- with a lifetime of debt. "Down the generational line, nobody would have any money."

    Finally, a bank representative told him that the $23 quadrillion charge -- and the $15 overdraft fee -- would be stricken from his account.

    Muszynski compared the giant debt reprieve to receiving "an amazing Monopoly card that says, 'Bank error in your favor.' "

    ---------- Post added 19.07.2009 at 21:53 ----------

    Btw "Muszynski"... damn, he has to be Polish. Muszynski sounds so Polish imo.
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    mdr

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    so much

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    mdr in french = lol in... inglish

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stifmeister View Post
    Btw "Muszynski"... damn, he has to be Polish. Muszynski sounds so Polish imo.
    he also looks very polish
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    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantom View Post
    he also looks very polish
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    Yeah he does!!!!
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    I've already seen it in newspaper days ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantomic View Post
    I've already seen it in newspaper days ago
    Yea it took me few days to post it.
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    he's russian




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    The only thing that matters is personal happines and health, money can destroy both.
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    post your screens? played yesterday? of today? no screens available? No screens of january? december 2022? november 2022? no played matches in sam? hm sad. just stay a "legend" on gz these days. inactive since decades or activ as "Alias" with vpn lol. ~Vyebani User 2023


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    Quote Originally Posted by RayChyl View Post
    he's russian
    ... With Polish heritage.
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