Malaysian man returns from Dubai to RM 42,522 phone bill after forgetting to off data roaming

A Malaysian man, Muhammad Hazwan Hafifi, got the shock of his life when he returned back to Malaysia from Dubai after 3 day -- to a whopping RM42,522.80 (SGD$13,579) phone bill.

He subsequently shared his bill statement on his Facebook account, reports The Coverage. 

Apparently, the man had forgotten to switch off his data roaming, but that was not all; despite setting a credit limit of RM300, the telco did not prompt or send him any notification when he had overshot the amount while utilising data. 

When Hazwan got in contact with the telco, he was told that he had to pay for the bill as it did not arise from a fault in the system.

Said Hazwan in disbelief:

“With the same amount of money, I could have gotten a car!”