Do they recycle old mobile numbers in Singapore ? When I bought my PrePay sim, I got it from a proper store and not a man with a table and chair in the middle of the street. The card had to be registered in by name and I had to submit my passport for them to do this.
As such, I assumed it was all legitimate and that number is mine.
However, I keep getting random uncles and aunties phoning my number asking for someone else.
I keep telling them in my best Malay accent that this is my number and no one elses. But I keep getting these calls.
How often are mobile numbers recycled here - is it possible that not too long ago this mobile number belonged to someone else and I am now suffering because of this ?
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Recycling of mobile numbers
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I've had a fax line in house (landline) for over 10 years now. I still get calls from a couple of chinese aunties on a regular basis even today. Now they are grand aunties and still calling that fax line! 

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