Anthropic Confirms $16.6 Million Phantom Invoice Sent to South Korean Free-Tier User
2026-07-14 10:13:54
Anthropic confirmed a billing error after its system tried to charge a South Korean free-tier user $16.6 million despite zero API usage and no registered card. According to BeInCrypto, the developer, known as remy_notes, received an invoice for $1,669,875 on July 7 that jumped to $16,627,739 less than 24 hours later, with emails sent from Anthropic’s domain via Stripe. Anthropic said on July 12 no money was collected and blamed an incorrect automatic credit reload setting, which it disabled; the incident also blocked the user’s credit card and led to a four-day support ordeal.
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