A student made an error while multiplying two three-digit numbers. Instead of noticing the multiplication sign between them, the student wrote the numbers together, forming a six-digit number. Surprisingly, this mistake resulted in a product that was three times greater than the actual product of the two numbers. Can you find these two original three-digit numbers?
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