14 August 2007: An Excessive 'Phone Bill

A man who paid 27 pence more than he expected for a 'phone call has filed fraud charges, according to his local police.

The man was listening to his local radio station in Germany, and thought he knew the answer to the phone-in quiz. So he went to a pay phone and made what he thought would be a 50-cent call.

He was angered when the cost came to 90 cents, and even more incensed because the phone-in show admitted that the question was actually a riddle with no answer.

The man did not see the joke, and went to a police station at 3 a.m. to file charges. Police and state prosecutors are now investigating whether he has a case.