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emmagrant01Have you recieved this email?
JUST A REMINDER, 14 days from today, 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.
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
I'm always surprised that people don't do a little research before passing these things along. Half of my family is freaking out about this one, but I haven't been able to dig up any evidence that it's true. According to snopes.com, this is a HOAX. In fact, it's currently the number one hottest urban legend on their list!
A quote:
"... the anxiety is unfounded. First, it's illegal to make sales pitches to wireless phones by using automatic dialers -- which is how the vast majority of telemarketing calls are placed. (One reason is that cellular users must pay for incoming calls.)
Also, most of the big wireless carriers have chosen either not to take part in the directory or to put off any plans to do so in light of consumer fears. They say any directory would include only those customers who agreed to participate and that the numbers would not be shared with telemarketers or anyone else. Congress has considered a bill to codify such rules."
And:
"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 It will not be published in a book or on the Internet.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."
Feel free to pass this along.
JUST A REMINDER, 14 days from today, 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.
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
I'm always surprised that people don't do a little research before passing these things along. Half of my family is freaking out about this one, but I haven't been able to dig up any evidence that it's true. According to snopes.com, this is a HOAX. In fact, it's currently the number one hottest urban legend on their list!
A quote:
"... the anxiety is unfounded. First, it's illegal to make sales pitches to wireless phones by using automatic dialers -- which is how the vast majority of telemarketing calls are placed. (One reason is that cellular users must pay for incoming calls.)
Also, most of the big wireless carriers have chosen either not to take part in the directory or to put off any plans to do so in light of consumer fears. They say any directory would include only those customers who agreed to participate and that the numbers would not be shared with telemarketers or anyone else. Congress has considered a bill to codify such rules."
And:
"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."
Feel free to pass this along.
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Date: 2006-01-12 09:40 pm (UTC)