Cell phone numbers to go public....here comes the telemarketers

[mpdlawdog]

Not sure if you all knew this........

"Cell phone numbers go public this month. So they will be released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive such AND you will be charged for them.
 
To prevent this, call 888-382-1222, National do not call list. It blocks your number for five years.
 
You must call from the cell phone you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number."

Hope this helps!
 

[bakerhillpins]

 




Thanks for the heads up.

[skip68]

I really think that's crappy.  They are selling your information without your permission.   Don't they make enough money?   You would think they would protect their customers privacy.      
Thanks lawdog.   

[71ChallengeHer]

Thanks. 

[bakerhillpins]

Well, maybe not.  Seems this isn't the first time this has made the rounds? 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

[nh_mopar_fan]

<sigh>

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=15&articleid=20101212_15_E5_erAtoi831108

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cell_directory.htm

There are probably a hundred more links out there telling you this is an OLD urban legend.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

...and calling that number listed, probably got you "added" to a list

[68X426]

Yes, way way old, keeps recycling, and still not true.

Never-the-less it's great to fight off the bastards .... .....

The Do-Not-Call is legit. How often does government actually provide something practical? Use the 888 # (it's legit) or use the internet to register:

https://www.donotcall.gov

And it's permanent, no need to re-register.

[TUFCAT]

THANKS!! ...and I think this is true.  I've been getting bombarded by these a-holes lately.  

[mpdlawdog]

sorry all.......I had never heard of it before...I dont watch the news or get the paper....too depressing!!

[68X426]

sorry all.......I had never heard of it before...I dont watch the news or get the paper....too depressing!!

Nothing to apoligize for, you did a good deed with bringing up the topic. 

[ChgrSteve67]

I like to get a real person and then ask them to hang on and set the phone down.

I always wonder how long they actually wait for my to pick the phone back up and how many people I have saved from thier games durring the time I have them waiting.

-Waste the time of the pople that are wasting yours.