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 . Josh Muszynski noticed the 17-digit charge while making a routine balance inquiry . 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 . Watch the story of an astounded customer in Memphis , Tennessee » . 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 . ' `` In a statement , Visa said the rogue charges affected `` fewer than 13,000 prepaid transactions '' and resulted from a `` temporary programming error at Visa Debit Processing Services ... [ which ] caused some transactions to be inaccurately posted to a small number of Visa prepaid accounts . '' The company assured customers that the problem has been fixed and that all falsely issued fees have been voided . `` Erroneous postings have been removed ... this incident had no financial impact on Visa prepaid cardholders . ''
$ 15 bill is about 2,007 times the size of the national debt . A man in New York , also struggling with $ 15 overdraft fee , finds out online . Statement said he 'd spent the big money at gas station where he buys cigarettes . Card issuer strikes charge and fee , blames ` ` temporary programming error ''