A U.S. college student by the name of Shira Barlow started receiving late-night phone calls just days after she got her new cell phone. That's when she discovered she had unwittingly inherited the old phone number of heiress Paris Hilton, and calls and text messages still came in after five months later.
The text messages usually came from 2-4 in the morning asking about cool night clubs, but around the time Paris was going to jail those were replaced by condolences.
Barlow said she had to resist the temptation of posing as Hilton to get into exclusive parties for her and her friends. She also says she does not plan to switch the number because instead of being a hassle and annoyance, having Paris Hilton's old number provides a source of amusement.
"She inherited it in February under a practice in which U.S. phone companies recycle old cell phone numbers after six months to meet increasing demand, the Times said."
The text messages usually came from 2-4 in the morning asking about cool night clubs, but around the time Paris was going to jail those were replaced by condolences.
Barlow said she had to resist the temptation of posing as Hilton to get into exclusive parties for her and her friends. She also says she does not plan to switch the number because instead of being a hassle and annoyance, having Paris Hilton's old number provides a source of amusement.
"She inherited it in February under a practice in which U.S. phone companies recycle old cell phone numbers after six months to meet increasing demand, the Times said."
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