| protect yourself from telemarketers [American Cell phone users]
Posted: 1/24/2006 6:56:10 AM | JUST A REMINDER....31 days from today, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. ...YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS...
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.
HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS
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| protect yourself from telemarketers
Posted: 1/24/2006 8:09:05 AM | It's not true. It's an internet hoax. Here is the information about it....
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 12:35:39 PM | | that's strange......my mom insists that it's legit. she said she called the number from her cell phone and it worked. i'm sorry if i'm wrong, i just thought that i'd pass along some good info. telemarketers irritate me. | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 12:41:09 PM | You can call the number and opt out, but your cell number is not going to be given out to telemarketers anyway.
I can't stand telemarketers. If they call, I tell them to hold on for a minute and set the phone down and walk away and not come back to it. | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 2:46:11 PM | | i'm 34 and i finally got a cell phone last year. i don't use it a lot but it sure is convenient. i know if i go over in minutes, my bill would be sky high. anyways, sorry again for the mis- information and have a good day. | |
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| protect yourself from telemarketers
Posted: 1/24/2006 4:39:56 PM | Morphinit, although it's not true about your cell phone number being given out, there is a reason for a lot of people with cell phones to go ahead and contact the National Name Removal Program...or "Do Not Call List". Because it is becoming more and more available for people to shift their old phone numbers to their new cell phones (this includes swapping from a home LAN line), telemarketing firms may already have your number. If this number wasn't registered before, then it may be a good time to register it now.
Unfortunately, there are two types of telemarketers that are not effected by this list. It doesn't affect automatic sequential dialing systems, the kind that play recorded messages. We're working on a solution for these guys. It involves Uzis. And it doesn't affect annoying local small fry, few of whom participate in national name-removal programs. Many politicians don't participate either.
Invoke the power of the federal government. OK, it's not the FBI, but the Federal Trade Commission did promulgate a Telemarketing Sales Rule effective December 31, 1995. Among other things this rule requires all telemarketers to keep an "in-house suppress list." If telemarketers call you, you can demand that they add your name to their suppress lists, commonly referred to as do-not-call lists, and never bug you again.
I've tried this a time or two and it seems to work. Should the SOBs call again, though, get the caller's name, company name, and address (or at least as much information as you can--feign interest in whatever they're flogging and wheedle it out of the **stards). Then report 'em to the FTC, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, D.C. 20580. Include the time and date of the call(s) and other details. | |
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Posted: 9/4/2006 8:33:34 AM | when the phone company called me to ask if i wanted long distance
service on my home telephone line, i told them the line was used
only for computer internet dialup and i didnt need long distance on
it. since then (10 years) i've never got a telemarketing call from
anyone. you could also tell them your line is a fax line, and they
got through because its being repaired.
jerry | |
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