Lucky Mobile Numbers Sold Online
Cell phone numbers that repeat the same digit several times or contain regular number sequences are being sold on the Internet for huge amounts of money, sometimes demanding prices of hundreds of millions of yen, industry sources and police said. The prices of the “good numbers” have soared ahead of the introduction in October of a system which will allow people to retain the same phone number even if they switch cell phone companies.
Police said information has surfaced that gangs are involved in the Internet sale of the numbers.Full article here.