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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.; m. V- Z) l2 _# x1 D
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。
% b+ f ?4 | s( o# }3 P0 ` 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.( L8 u0 ~: {, w: {5 o# ~; n+ @% D/ o
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。+ D- i [+ H" a1 j
Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning.
% P# C1 `5 G# o3 R1 W 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。
# Z! j. R# F0 C% G0 O1 T 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.
$ T- j4 t, N k6 P, ]/ p/ h$ @ 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。
$ W, {- @% p& |4 W0 c2 X' K Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model./ ]9 Z& W8 t* V) k2 G2 N4 T. p
他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。
, |7 R* h, e0 j7 B$ y. B+ \ Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.& ~% s# W) ~/ y5 n, i
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 K! z5 y( i, \4 n6 T- s9 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.
* `' J7 S3 Q" N; W5 |4 h 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。& U, H9 o) @9 S" v
Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.1 g+ U6 S1 Q3 R% [
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。* e2 o& h( G3 g
He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.
9 I# @4 T4 f0 e" I7 O) k- W; w2 D 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 P) f8 Q T2 \6 _ 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: U6 ?" u- P. p' f: 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。2 L9 ~0 h) h+ 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."
3 n0 P' b. W7 M 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。
' X& c. k# P: O. r: z+ K1 P2 ]/ G. l A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers."
! B' z( s! v* U, V. E; a) |! K0 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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