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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Internet Rumor: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public Next Month
I got this helpful reminder from an OTBKB reader. It may just be an Internet rumor. Ahhhh...Hold off until I confirm. Thanks for all the comments.
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.
It takes about 20 seconds. I just did it.
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January 6, 2009 | Permalink
Comments
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Anyone have evidence that this time it's true?
Posted by: Hilary | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:19 PM
I did this yesterday and it seems real and official. My phone didn't explode..... chris www.iccws.com
Posted by: chrishavens | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
This is an urban myth - been going around for years. Check it out here on Snopes a great website for all those urban myths and such http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: kate | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
Snopes says its a rumor: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: z. | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
Are you sure?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: LizD | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
Urban myth
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: h | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
FYI - This rumor gets going every year - it's not true.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: Lollygagger | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
Not so. Always a good idea to check Snopes before forwarding stuff like this.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: Printer's Devil | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
According to snopes.com, this is false. Snopes notes:
"Despite dire warnings about the imminent release of cell phone numbers to telemarketers that continue to be circulated via e-mail year after year, cell phone users do not have to register their cell phone numbers with the national Do Not Call registry before a soon-to-pass deadline to head off an onslaught of telemarketing calls."
Snopes continues: "Cellular users can choose to register their cell numbers with the national Do Not Call registry, but doing so provides only a small additional measure of protection, since FCC regulations already in place block the bulk of telemarketing calls to cell phones. There is not (and never has been) a deadline to list one's phone number with the national Do Not Call Registry — it can be done at any time."
To read the entire article, go to http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
Posted by: Eliot | Jan 6, 2009 3:41:18 PM
