Spending millions on a lucky phone number

By Razak Ahmad and WINNIE YEOH

THE rich in China are willing to spend up to five million renminbi (RM2.7mil) to buy an auspicious mobile phone number, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.

A search on online shopping website Taobao showed that a seller was selling the numbers “1898-8888888” and “1316-6666666” for five million and 2.86 million renminbi (RM1.54mil) respectively.

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