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Published on Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008
A misguided, but not malicious, e-mail is circulating through inboxes warning of costly nuisance cell-phone calls and encouraging people to place their cell numbers on a do-not-call list by a certain date.
The e-mail says cell-phone numbers will be made public, and that telemarketers will start calling unless the number is put on the National Do Not Call Registry. The e-mail then gives the phone number for the registry.
''That is totally inaccurate,'' said Rosemary Kimball, a spokeswoman for the Federal Trade Commission, which operates the registry. ''There is no plan to release cell-phone numbers.'' Automated dialers cannot be used to call cell phones.
A misguided, but not malicious, e-mail is circulating through inboxes warning of costly nuisance cell-phone calls and encouraging people to place their cell numbers on a do-not-call list by a certain date.
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Posted 05:22 AM, 12/02/2008
Interesting, thx's for the info.
