A mobile phone company has suspended the number 0888 888 888 – after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.
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。
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.
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。
Despite a spotless business record there were persistent rumours that his cancer had been caused by a business rival using radioactive poisoning.
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。
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.
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。
Dimitrov, who died aged 31, had the mobile with him when he was shot while eating out with a model.
他当时只有31岁,中枪时正带着他的手机,和模特吃饭。
Russian mafia bosses – jealous of his drug smuggling operation – were said to have been behind the killing.
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。