Spending millions on a lucky phone number


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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