Posted 2/9/2012 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
I just got an email forward from a friend of mine that said this month all cell phone numbers go public to telemarketers and you will start to receive sales calls. You will also be charged for these incoming calls on your cell accounts.
To prevent this, call the followng number from your cell phone : 888-382-1222 It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It blocks your number from telemarketers for five years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
I did just call the 888 number and it did say it was the National Do Not Call list. They have you put in the tel number of your cell and it registers you as a do not call number. Then it says after 31 days if you still get sales calls on your cell you can report the telemarketer by calling this number or report it to www.donotcall.gov.
The email I got says it is not a scam. So I did it for my phones. I figure we all have enough issues already without being charged for telemarketer calls coming into our cell phones. Hope it is OK that I posted it here. Peter or forum monitors if not OK, I meant well, and you can just take this off.
Sincerely, Rosemary
PS That is all we would not need is these huge cell phone bills! auuuugh! I assume this pertains only to the U.S.