Randall Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Got this from a reliable source... REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. ........ YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS Even if the message is saved on your phone, you will be charged for the minutes to listen to it. To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222 . It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number. HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.. It takes about 20 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 This has been passed along many times. Fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankk Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 What's your definition of reliable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 This has been passed along many times. Fake. I was receiving solicitations on my cell phone, started in the last couple of months. I went to the do not call website and egistered my phone, and the calls stopped. I wouldn't say that the information is necessarily fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) What's your definition of reliable? A Packer fan? I'll let him know this. BJ's right. This from Snopes Here's the truth: A national directory will be compiled, but numbers will be included on an opt-in basis. If a cell phone subscriber does nothing, the number will not be listed. When the directory is ready, it will be available only as part of the existing 411 directory service, accessed by calling in and asking for a specific number. It will not be published in a book or on the Internet. And it will not be sold to telemarketers. Cell phone subscribers can list their numbers on the do-not-call registry if they choose, but there is no deadline to get on the list, as the e-mail messages now circulating suggest Qsent's Wireless 411 service still has not seen the light of day, and several states have since passed laws requiring wireless carriers to obtain the consent of subscribers before listing them in directories. (A different company, Intelius, did offer a fee-for-use reverse cell phone number lookup service based on information obtained from non-phone company sources, but it operated that service for only a few months before announcing its discontinuation in February 2008.) Cellular users can choose to register their cell numbers with the national Do Not Call registry, but doing so provides only a small additional measure of protection, since FCC regulations already in place block the bulk of telemarketing calls to cell phones. There is not (and never has been) a deadline to list one's phone number with the national Do Not Call Registry — it can be done at any time. (Contrary to previous statements, the FTC announced in October 2007 that Do Not Call registry entries will not expire after five years, so those who signed up when the registry went into effect in June 2003 will not have to register again in 2008.) Edited October 14, 2009 by Randall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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