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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.( l. B! P9 U" Z; z
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。
! q- L6 p! X2 D9 d 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 48.4 @! X* ]# m& C* k+ b* C, F
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。
3 Y% \! I$ U6 t% k" g* l+ i Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning. ]$ K( _$ Z4 D0 @8 f; ]1 t; L7 I: m
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。2 g2 e6 w+ e8 Z% C* _7 k
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.
3 G' ?% t. d3 V3 [& x, W 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。8 m/ u: \/ l' k6 C; S7 E
Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.! o$ K. o3 I6 _" G
他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。
, i4 S- a! _( _0 f Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.+ v. [; X8 o9 l3 o# Y8 I. _( Q
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。
# F4 N3 A8 Z$ L5 \9 Z/ G) v: ?8 } 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.; K2 J1 |* ^, x' ?4 K' s
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。
# n' }1 q0 r; S9 F4 ^4 Z! i Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.2 i7 B/ ~" ~5 A! n
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。 T( H! G1 x' ^: o
He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.
& `0 J4 c9 [ v8 E; N+ y f 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。
9 Q, Y0 {9 v0 e s; Q) i# J a Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring.
/ z7 I) P& k _) [% N# G! E 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。
7 O) l2 k- e5 _ b4 l- [2 U 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."
" u/ I" _: v* f& g( _ 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。, f7 }% b9 h% w h0 O; p8 v
A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers." . X1 h+ ^" k$ h Z% x0 d
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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