A German man reported a female chat-line worker to police after facing a phone bill for $7,244 following an all-night flirt session with her.


The woman calling herself Tina rang the 28-year-old man on his mobile phone.


"She said she had found his number on the Internet and would really like to chat to him," a police spokesman in the westerly town of Wesel said on Wednesday.


She gave the man a number and asked him to ring her back, saying it would be a cheap rate. The pair then became locked in a six-hour conversation.


"The man said they talked about far more than just sex," the spokesman said.


Police are investigating allegations of fraud.

(Reuters)