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    Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

    I was forwarded this e-mail:
    10/11/06






    REMINDER ..11 days from today, all cell phone numbers are being released to
    telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales 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 bl ocks your number for five (5) years.


    You must call from the cell phone number you are wanting to have blocked .
    You cannot call from a different phone number.


    HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS
    OR GO TO: www.donotcall.gov
    I have a feeling it's really a telemarketer scam to get your phone number, but .gov sites are usually trustworthy. Can anyone shed some light?
    ...and that's why.
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    #2
    Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

    Damn, that is pretty tricky. I have no idea.
    I had to change accounts. I'm here now - http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/member.php?u=1475

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      #3
      Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

      Forwarded by email?

      Its fake. And the national Do Not Call List has been around for a few years. For secruity sakes, I wouldnt submit anything directly from that link. If you want to enter your cell phone number, find a legit link, not one in your inbox.

      Edit- I was right, its fake. Don't even bother registering your number.

      http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
      Last edited by jvrlopez; 10-31-2006, 08:07 PM.

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        #4
        Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

        Thanks. I just hope the people that forwarded this to me haven't already submitted their number...
        ...and that's why.

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          #5
          Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

          I just go by the standard rule that if anything like this were actually true I would have heard about it first from somewhere other than an email.

          What's strange is that I've always been willy-nilly with distributing my cell phone number and I've yet to have a telemarketer call me. Except for Blockbuster.

          YOU'LL GET YOUR MOVIES BACK IN HELL!!!
          Last edited by Secret Identity; 10-31-2006, 08:22 PM.

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            #6
            Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

            I bet if someone started passing around an email asking people to submit their credit card numbers to prevent identity theft, they'd fall for it.

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              #7
              Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

              Check out what the Federal Trade Commission has said

              http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/01/dnccellphones.htm

              this should lay to rest any doubts about this matter whatsoever, the website that was given in the email is the actual do not call registry's website, so you can register your # there, but if its a cell phone, theres no reason to
              Last edited by JPS; 10-31-2006, 09:36 PM.

              Here I come Pav, like the Kool-Aid man barging into a funeral! Oh yeah!

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                #8
                Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

                I just go by the standard rule to never open a fowarded email.
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                  #9
                  Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

                  BUT IF YOU DONT, IN 13 DAYS YOUR FATHER WILL DIE JUST LIKE HOW THAT GIRL IN WYOMING. ITS A CURSE DONT BREAK THE CHAIN OR YOU'LL HAVE BAAAD LUCK!!!!

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                    #10
                    Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

                    Originally posted by jvrlopez View Post
                    BUT IF YOU DONT, IN 13 DAYS YOUR FATHER WILL DIE JUST LIKE HOW THAT GIRL IN WYOMING. ITS A CURSE DONT BREAK THE CHAIN OR YOU'LL HAVE BAAAD LUCK!!!!
                    lmao i always wondered why people put that stuff in emails...i mean come on you have to be awefully mentally unstable or very gullible to believe it....though I guess some are if they actually forward it

                    Here I come Pav, like the Kool-Aid man barging into a funeral! Oh yeah!

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                      #11
                      Re: Is this Legit? Cellphone Telemarketing

                      Originally posted by jvrlopez View Post
                      BUT IF YOU DONT, IN 13 DAYS YOUR FATHER WILL DIE JUST LIKE HOW THAT GIRL IN WYOMING. ITS A CURSE DONT BREAK THE CHAIN OR YOU'LL HAVE BAAAD LUCK!!!!
                      BUT HE WON'T FEEL BAD, HE NEVER READ THE EMAIL!!!!!!~~!!!!11!!

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