Extremely Important!!! Your Cell Phones and Your Privacy!!!

This is very important. I believe this is for Americans only, though.

REMINDER....12 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.

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.

You cannot call from a different phone number.

Pass this along to your family and friends.

Some jobs require that your cell phone be off and you could get into trouble if you get a call from a telemarketer because you forgot to turn your cell off.

I just found out about this today.

Discuss how you feel about telemarketers being able to call your cell phone.

It' s a hoax.

Originally posted by Storm
It' s a hoax.

You're not stupid! 😱

Originally posted by Storm
It' s a hoax.

What are you talking about? this is not a hoax. Did you actually call that number? It is legit.

FTC Says Cell Phone E-Mail Is Hoax

Contrary to e-mail making the rounds on the Internet, cell phone numbers aren't being offered for sale to telemarketers, and you don't need to register your cell phone with a do-not-call list.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tried to calm jittery cell phone users by issuing an advisory last week telling them that they don't need to register their mobile number with the agency's Do-Not-Call Registry.

A heavily circulated e-mail that claims cell phone numbers will be for sale to telemarketers has gained so much traction that the FTC felt it necessary to debunk the hoax. "Contrary to the e-mail, cell phone numbers are NOT being released to telemarketers, and you will NOT soon be getting telemarketing calls on your cell phone," the FTC said in the advisory published on its Web site.

"Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers. Automated dialers are standard in the industry, so most telemarketers are barred from calling consumers on their cell phones without their consent," the statement went on.

The e-mail first surfaced in the spring of 2005, but recently resurfaced.

Originally posted by Storm

I am having my IT collegues on this right now.

Okay, I got something back from snopes.com

Okay, it is a hoax.

Sorry...false alarm.

Kill this thread, please.

This is about as retarded as people starting those stupid bulletin chains saying Myspace is getting closed down.

Originally posted by Yuna_And_Tidus
This is about as retarded as people starting those stupid bulletin chains saying Myspace is getting closed down.

Hotmail only has 200 email addresses left, please pay $20 to [email protected] to keep yours!

I work in IT. I got an e-mail from one of my collegues. I asked other people in the office here if it was correct and I got a yes from one of them. He is a very reliable source of information..especially on cell phone companies.

So I assumed it to be true.

I get e-mails from my collegues all the time and they haven't been wrong until now.

I told everyone that it was wrong and to first check their sources before they send out broadcast e-mails.

I apologize.

Originally posted by dadudemon
This is very important. I believe this is for Americans only, though.

REMINDER....12 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.

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.

You cannot call from a different phone number.

Pass this along to your family and friends.

Some jobs require that your cell phone be off and you could get into trouble if you get a call from a telemarketer because you forgot to turn your cell off.

I just found out about this today.

Discuss how you feel about telemarketers being able to call your cell phone.

idiot

Originally posted by Schecter
idiot

🙄

Its blatantly obvious that its a hoax, you cannot be charged for being called. Otherwise I thousands of people called you and had the wrong number you´d be pretty broke.

Originally posted by Yuna_And_Tidus
This is about as retarded as people starting those stupid bulletin chains saying Myspace is getting closed down.

Originally posted by dadudemon
This is very important. I believe this is for Americans only, though.

REMINDER....12 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.

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.

You cannot call from a different phone number.

Pass this along to your family and friends.

Some jobs require that your cell phone be off and you could get into trouble if you get a call from a telemarketer because you forgot to turn your cell off.

I just found out about this today.

Discuss how you feel about telemarketers being able to call your cell phone.

Evidence: The existence of this thread.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Assertation: Dadudemon is an idiot.

Evidence: The existence of this thread.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Assertation: Dadudemon is an idiot.

Evidence: The existence of this thread.

I think it is more of a sign of his gullibility. But to get onto a thread just to call someone an idiot is idiotic.