There’s been a spate of weird cell phone stories passing through the tubes this past week.

Originally I thought this one in The Register about the dead Malayan man who managed to rack up $218 TRILLION US in cell phone charges - at least according to his cell phone company that is…  His surviving son who received the bill and a note insisting that he pay the bill in 10 days or “get a laywer” says he can’t wait to face the legal action that Telekom Malaysia is threatening.  BTW that phone bill is about 17 times the GDP of the United States!

Now, I hate Verizon Wireless.  No, I’m not a subscriber and never have been.  But I’ve researched the plans, read the reviews and heard the horror stories and long ago was convinced that I didn’t want them for a cell carrier.  Well Pocket-Lint is running the story of Corey Taylor who realized that Verizon Wireless was evil after signing the contract to give up his first born as well as three pints of blood a month for the next 3 years (ok maybe it wasn’t that stiff a contract) and went looking for a way out.

His solution…  Death.

He didn’t kill himself - although he did create a fake death certificate and convince a friend to fax it to Verizon on his behalf…  Verizon however caught wind of the scheme and forced him to pay the $175 early termination fee.  My guess as to what gave it away- Mr Taylor probably called Verizon to confirm they received his fax!