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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.
- x6 L. ~, C( M; t# u8 @ 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。
$ X3 w0 g$ Z0 {. } q6 a: X 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 O" m0 F$ L8 V, x3 Z3 P$ r% B 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。8 `" b: n3 j4 Z) c8 [
Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning. ' Q8 T4 E3 i0 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/ f& A' }" V1 Y$ n; g 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.
. u+ T& ^5 i1 w1 d' w4 a 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。4 u) F7 y( `% n. r- y+ |; h& Z, u
Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.
; W0 K1 A% J/ n* X( U 他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。) V+ Y. I: B7 R# p& @
Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.
: o; I g7 |4 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。
: M' ]& u0 M( g 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.( X5 q$ J9 V2 }7 c( T7 b' x) ^9 \
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。 {$ C4 F5 m; A9 K* s. c( g
Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.
0 Q& h4 e- z, e0 d6 X. ^2 D 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 ^6 K1 {6 I" ?+ L: q1 i* J4 ~ He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.# H. Q( }" E! X4 L$ H# 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。
6 W+ X% v3 i5 l3 ^5 A8 r Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring.+ @5 z$ B5 _8 ]) I8 h8 K' ~; ?" t
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。1 K9 m2 \: f" T8 j( Y8 M7 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."/ D% u: D x9 G1 t V
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。
/ L6 P" B8 P. x( P A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers." / q% w4 f6 R ~' q& R+ g' l6 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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