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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.
5 A2 W* ^2 k" L* B: z9 H 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。0 M: j7 N' o3 T; u% f" v
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.
5 G! t' u5 ]% S t9 D0 j: s 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。
+ S6 ^$ d$ J9 F/ f% @ Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning.
6 i" `$ \1 j: D+ N+ y- l2 S 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 V2 M/ q; ^6 ]( Y# D 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., P: d- p* X* @( _
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。
0 V7 \( ^1 W. V8 ?: V6 S0 s Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.$ Q- y! j6 Y- k$ h! C
他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。3 f4 b4 U1 j7 B Q0 y$ i
Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.# W* F- G6 K8 _! \3 Z' T: n, v
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。9 T0 ~2 F+ c5 o9 {0 z
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.
# t+ A# @. T, _4 S0 {, 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。
/ p9 Y" p ~5 U/ t2 D0 X Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.3 ]5 b- e; }2 o; [3 c" j5 K8 i
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。! i; j9 _! `# N3 ]6 Z
He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.
3 g, r- q! c$ O 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。; s E+ C- H% Y A1 A) M
Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring.3 z: q: u8 R' Y7 D+ `! y
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。
' ^5 @% }& z# `/ U. t 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."
& _. h* B* \! l 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。
7 N* N6 [+ w) ^, ^9 o* [: F A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers."
. {6 G: e% g, f8 ^ 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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