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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.
0 S t7 A" J, a" r' Z/ a# a 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。& b5 B* x/ U4 p$ s* l+ m
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. b$ a3 b9 @4 h0 E
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。7 ]- N( V8 z: W3 H% J
Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning. ' z) Z6 f2 U) | ~# T+ n& {2 h/ H
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。
- E4 a+ R$ Y# m2 z5 z& M5 P9 ~; |3 i" a 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.! b6 c5 T/ \) I( C/ q$ X! i
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。
) Z- C/ m5 X( b: s# C3 v& L Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.
* ~0 h% ~4 m; d" D9 T0 h Y, g# B 他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。
8 C& C2 ]0 x& A3 d7 X Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.
' I; W! p6 V* ^) O# M 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。1 X# `( ]# }" H, h x
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./ `# {- W3 @7 h+ Q% N
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。% O4 D0 C6 v' v; X, G; V
Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.
" \( U& @5 S& W B 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。% `) c T5 T1 s3 u( j. M& Z
He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.8 e) I: s" R/ m' a% D. z( v4 Z
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。
2 _7 w+ O& C7 f Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring.) ?6 S4 u: {" y0 C+ j @
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。$ O6 M+ ~ M# i* u. b" q
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."
# B, W/ K' L3 n) Y' Q i' J 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。
; _& v8 v9 A) {& m1 ? A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers."
4 T9 Z( u# o8 U( M9 B+ N/ ]( D9 o 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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