Cell Phone Do Not Call List

[UMDAD]

<p>Does anyone know if this is true…</p>

<p>Do Not Call registry
ATTENTION</p>

<p>JUST A REMINDER… 31 days from today, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls.</p>

<p>YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS… These telemarketers will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Or you can register on line at: National Do Not Call Registry <a href=“http://www.donotcall.gov%5B/url%5D”>www.donotcall.gov</a></p>

[Mr.B]

<p>I have registered and still get occassional calls at home and on my cell. Half the time it is a pre-recorded message without any reference to the actual company calling unless you listen through to the end.</p>

[amethyst213]

<p>The folks at my local Verizon store said Verizon is not releasing their lists of numbers to the telemarketing companies. I have registered all of our phones anyway. Since registering our land lines, I don’t get nuisance calls except from companies doing surveys, but the name shows up on the caller id, so I can choose not to answer.</p>

[unsoccer-mom]

<p>It is only partially true, but mostly urban myth. Check out Snopes.com for more info.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp[/url]”>http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[joev]

<p>Yeah this has urban legend written all over it. Kind of like the 5 cent an e-mail tax that was “proposed” in Congress.</p>

[ariesathena]

<p>Sigh! Y’all…</p>

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10. Can I register my cell phone on the National Do Not Call Registry?</p>

<p>Yes, you may place your personal cell phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. The registry has accepted cell phone numbers since it opened for registrations in June 2003. There is no deadline to register a home or cell phone number on the Registry.</p>

<p>You may have received an email telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database; however, that is not the case. FCC regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers. Automated dialers are standard in the industry, so most telemarketers don’t call consumers on their cell phones without their consent.

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<p>From the Do Not Call website.</p>