"Casey Snook, a 14-year-old girl from England, unknowingly racked up a $6,000 phone bill by uploading photos to Facebook while on vacation in New York City, according to a story published Friday in the New York Post.
During the five-day trip with her mother, Kate Snook, Casey snapped photos of the Empire State Building, Times Square, Grand Central Station, and Central Park. Eager to share her travels with her friends, she uploaded the photos to Facebook. But since Casey hadnt blocked her data roaming function, all that time spent on the Internet added up.
According to the Post, the family only found out about the phone bill only when Caseys father, Victor (whose name was on the cell phone account), called Kate to tell her that the UK phone company Orange had made a massive withdrawal on his bank account

Casey, Kate, and Victor could not be reached for comment; however, Kate told the U.K.s South West News Service, When I heard about it, I felt physically sick. Casey was very upset and embarrassed and I was in tears. She was only using it for the normal teenage stuff, updating her friends with what she was up to and this and that.

The Post reports that Kate and Victor have arranged a payment plan to settle the bill but claim that Orange didnt provide their daughter with a clear warning signal that she was incurring such charges or attempt to contact Victor. Says Kate, I cant believe that a company would let a bill which is usually [$75] get up to that level, said Kate."


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