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A mobile phone company has suspended the number 0888 888 888 – after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.* D. s9 u7 K5 p4 p& A" V- W. E
保加利亚某移动通讯公司最近终止了号码0888 888 888的使用,因为在过去十年中使用它的三名用户相继死亡。
( R$ Y/ W3 b, j8 X9 w3 g- ^6 D% c' ? The first owner Vladimir Grashnov – the former CEO of Bulgarian mobile phone company Mobitel which issued the number – died of cancer in 2001 aged just 48.# [. C* K2 r/ r2 I
第一位用户是Vladimir Grashnov——他签下这个号码时任保加利亚手机公司Mobitel的CEO——他于2001年48岁时死于癌症。6 `" j7 d1 I0 D4 i2 x' P- ^- F
Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning. 1 h/ T- I2 W# ~& U) r
他在生意场上表现完美,也有传闻说他的癌症是因为竞争对手给他放射性的毒药所致。' q& K) l6 O9 c+ P7 h6 T" ]2 H
The number then passed to Bulgarian mafia boss, Konstantin Dimitrov, who was gunned down in 2003 by a lone assassin in the Netherlands during a trip to inspect his £500 million drug smuggling empire.
* l, n3 |' ^3 F8 K$ m. t 这个号码之后被保加利亚黑手党领袖Konstantin Dimitrov使用。2003年,当他到荷兰检查自己5亿英镑的毒品走私生意时被不知名的杀手开枪打死。. e/ z7 p. Z7 h0 w$ a8 S! g, I6 t
Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.
1 ?8 L, @( ` A) @# V 他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。
! Y6 S9 C& q9 z) \+ o Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.
; x* o# s/ E1 r; R, w 据称,是觊觎他毒品生意的俄罗斯黑手党头目策划了这次暗杀。
" _- }, V9 v" I. E: u The phone number then passed to Konstantin Dishliev, a crooked businessman, who was gunned down outside an Indian restaurant in Bulgaria's capital Sofia after taking over the jinxed line.6 E2 A2 K2 T) {9 L6 x r
跟着这个手机号又到了Konstantin Dishliev手里。他是个不法商人。在保加利亚首都索菲亚的一家印度餐馆外中枪,延续了这个诅咒链。
3 R& i% q; V2 m. U4 n Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.
! F# [3 F9 k7 a/ j# d) t6 [; U3 ? 在他05年中枪之前,作为地产代理的他曾秘密地进行大宗可卡因交易。3 X5 U ^) ?9 k
He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.
( i( E& u6 E1 \, Z x s J 他死前,警方截获了他从哥伦比亚运往保加利亚的1.3亿英镑毒品。
. _4 A4 {, S" Y! T" e2 l% U5 j" j$ j* b* q Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring. U. K6 r+ d& _% v+ n5 r
自此,这个号码就停用了。警方为Dishliev的死和他的不法交易圈保留了公开记录。; ?9 e3 n1 s. n" G
Now phone bosses are said to have suspended the number for good. Callers now get a recorded message saying the phone is "outside network coverage."
$ S4 q6 m4 `9 G; e, n1 D t: r 现在这个号码已经永久性地停用。如果打它,会得到“用户不在服务区”的提示。# ^! b5 j) h/ ]4 M) I& G4 K
A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers." $ R+ l9 q- U! w1 q
该通讯公司的发言人只是说:“我们对此不做评论。我们不会谈论私人的号码。” |
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