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Old 01-30-2008, 06:22 PM   #1
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Do not call list

I got an email from a friend letting me know that 12 days from today cell phone numbers will given out to telemarketing companies allowing them to call cells, thus costing you minutes/$$$
The email included a phone number to call keeping your number from being given out.
I called it and it appears to be legit!
Anyone else know of this
This is the number I was given and called.
888 382-1222

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Old 01-30-2008, 06:27 PM   #2
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The email included this link also
https://www.donotcall.gov/register/Reg.aspx

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Old 01-30-2008, 06:49 PM   #3
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SNOPES will tell you this is BS it's been around since the dawn of time on the net... Every 6 mo or a year it pops back up somewhere.
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Old 01-30-2008, 06:50 PM   #4
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SNOPES will tell you this is BS it's been around since the dawn of time on the net... Every 6 mo or a year it pops back up somewhere.


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Old 01-30-2008, 06:59 PM   #5
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Old 01-30-2008, 07:00 PM   #6
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
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Old 01-30-2008, 07:14 PM   #7
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Perhaps not so crazy after all. This just in...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22902400/

Cell phone directory rings alarm bells
Customers, privacy activists raise doubts about Web service


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Old 01-31-2008, 09:08 AM   #8
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This is from the FTC.gov site on the donotcall registry.
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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. Federal Communications Commission regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers.

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