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Cell Phone Numbers Are Being Handed Over to Telemarketers And You've
Got a Short Time to Keep Your Cell Phone Number Out of Their Hands -
Fiction!


 Summary of the eRumor
The eRumor warns that cell phone numbers will soon be published in
the same way as the numbers for wired phones and that you should
sign up with a new government cell phone "do not call" registry to
prevent solicitor calls from coming to your mobile phone.
Some versions say the cell phone numbers are being handed over to
telemarketers by a certain date, such as January 1, 2005.
Some versions say there is a deadline for listing your cell phone on
a "do not call list" such as December, 2004.
A recent version claims that the cell phone companies are required
by law to release the names by June 1, 2006.


 The Truth
The U.S. government has established a "do not call" registry where
you can list phone numbers you want blocked from unsolicited calls
such as from telemarketers.
That registry is for both wired and mobile phones and there is no
deadline by which a phone number needs to be listed in order to be
protected from telemarketing calls.
There is not a separate cell phone registry.
The registry is at:  www.donotcall.gov.

At this writing there is discussion among mobile providers about
setting up a mobile phone directory listing mobile phone numbers.
According to the Cellular Telephone and Internet Association (CTIA),
a cell phone directory is proposed that would be available through
calling directory assistance only, not published in writing or on
the Internet.
So far, there is not a set date when that will be done and the CTIA
says the numbers are not going to be "handed over" to telemarketers.
Users would have the option of not having their numbers listed in
the directory.

Some telemarketers call some phone numbers regardless of whether
they are listed in directories because they use devices that dial
numbers in sequence looking for working numbers although at present,
they are prohibited by law from including cell numbers.

The version that claims that the cell companies are being required
by law to release the names by June 1, 2006, is also a hoax.



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol"
<justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> I just received the following message from my sister (a
> lawyer):
>
> REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this week.
>
> REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released
> to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start
> to receive sale calls.
>
> BAD NEWS.... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS