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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.2 ^. G) j5 ~6 \
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。
$ r. h3 _- @! g3 t1 ?4 n% _3 f/ I" @ 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.& Y _) u0 W* I2 k0 V
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。
4 h H; ]9 _: d Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning. - C% j- ]. }& E* Z: u
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. g7 b, N$ s# K9 {$ ` 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.
0 v8 @0 I1 o, n& y* R7 @ 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。
& a/ m. _6 o. ~ ]: J2 ^( ~" V5 a+ ^ Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.
" o; ~8 t* R1 n 他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。' @2 ` C* i: z2 a% r7 Y
Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.1 G3 G$ G5 o8 F) y- 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。
2 A Y, s: {" b4 F 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.
6 r* w0 I9 G8 I6 z, w K 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。! h- I2 e$ U- o
Dishliev, an estate agent, had secretly been running a massive cocaine trafficking operation before his assassination in 2005.7 C1 Z! u. M% |, \
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。
0 O, [2 h! n n! N1 Z He died after £130 million of the drug was intercepted by police on its way into the country from Colombia.; _2 f7 j! O1 i6 M% 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。
' v, O1 Z: F/ b# q* x Since then, the number is understood to have been dormant while police maintained an open file on Dishliev's killing and his smuggling ring.
7 x9 [- a" z3 C: } 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。
$ l- }% p' `3 ^& 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."3 @/ s) a5 W1 T$ f" j, [0 w
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。6 f% ]- ~* E+ D _7 Z
A Mobitel spokesman would only say: "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers."
2 B9 d! O, k9 z2 s 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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